Ezekiel 13:7:8Ezek.13.7.W8TAB

נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה

neumyehovah

declares the LORD

Transliteration
ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH
Extended
neh-UHM-yeh-ho-VAH
IPA
/nəʔum.jəhoˈvaː/

Meaning by language

English
declares the LORD

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
נְ + אֻם + יְ + ה + וָ֔ה
ne + um + ye + ho + vah
neumyehovah

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qibbutsshort 'oo' as in food
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH

  2. clause

    ve-o-me-RIM ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH va-a-NI LO di-BAR-ti

  3. sentence

    ha-lo ma-kha-ZE-sha-VE kha-ZI-tem u-mik-SAM ka-ZAV a-MAR-tem ve-o-me-RIM ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH va-a-NI LO di-BAR-ti

Exegesis

The participle ve-omrim {וְאֹֽמְרִים֙ | wə-ʾōmərîm} ‘and are saying’ marks ongoing speech connected to neum-YHWH {נְאֻם-יְהוָ֔ה | nəʾum-YHWH} ‘utterance of the LORD’.

Root and etymology

Rootnun–aleph–mem

utterance

In contextEzekiel 13:7

Is it not a vision of emptiness that you have seen, and a divination of falsehood that you have spoken? And you keep saying, “Oracle of the LORD ,” but I have not spoken.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 13:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 13:7, so the Hebrew word נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה (neumyehovah) 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.13.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.7.W8.S1) and character.