Ezekiel 13:23:5Ezek.13.23.W5TAB
וְקֶ֖סֶם
vekesem
“and divination”
- Transliteration
- ve-KE-sem
- Extended
- veh-KEH-sehm
- IPA
- /vəˈqɛsɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and divination
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KE-sem
- clause
la-KHEN SHA-ve LO te-khe-ZE-na ve-KE-sem LO-tik-sa-ME-na OD
- sentence
la-KHEN SHA-ve LO te-khe-ZE-na ve-KE-sem LO-tik-sa-ME-na OD ve-hits-tal-TI ET-a-MI mi-yed-KHEN vi-ya-DAT-ten KI-a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
will see’, second, veqesem {וְקֶסֶם | wə-qé-sem} ‘divination’ with the Piel imperfect lo-tiksamnah {לֹא־תִקְסַמְנָה | lōʾ-ti-qsa-men-nāh} ‘you (f.) will not practice’. The feminine plural suffix targets the prophetesses.
Root and etymology
q–s–m
“divination”
In context — Ezekiel 13:23
Therefore, you will see falsehood no more, and you will not practice divination any longer. I will deliver My people from your hand, and you will know that I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 13:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 13:23, so the Hebrew word וְקֶ֖סֶם (vekesem) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Ezek.13.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.23.W5.S1) and character.