Ezekiel 13:9:3Ezek.13.9.W3TAB
אֶֽל־הַנְּבִיאִ֞ים
elhaneviim
“against the prophets”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ne-vi-IM
- Extended
- ehl-hah-neh-vee-EEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.han.nəviˈʔiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- against the prophets
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-ne-vi-IM
- clause
ve-ha-ye-TA ya-DI el-ha-ne-vi-IM ha-kho-ZIM SHAV-e ve-ha-kko-se-MIM ka-ZAV be-SOD a-MI lo-yih-YU u-vikh-TAV beit-yis-ra-EL LO yik-ka-te-VU ve-el-ad-MAT yis-ra-EL LO ya-VO-u
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TA ya-DI el-ha-ne-vi-IM ha-kho-ZIM SHAV-e ve-ha-kko-se-MIM ka-ZAV be-SOD a-MI lo-yih-YU u-vikh-TAV beit-yis-ra-EL LO yik-ka-te-VU ve-el-ad-MAT yis-ra-EL LO ya-VO-u vi-da-e-TEM KI a-NI a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The phrase yadi el {יָדִ֗י אֶל־ | yā-ḏî ʾel} ‘my hand against’ expresses divine opposition idiomatically.
A relative clause hanneviim hachozim {הַנְּבִיאִ֞ים הַחֹזִ֣ים | han-nə-ḇî-ʾîm ha-ḥō-zîm} ‘the prophets who see’ modifies shav {שָׁוְא֮ | šāwʾ} ‘vanity’, paralleled by vehakosim kazav {וְהַקֹּסְמִ֣ים כָּזָב | wə-ha-qōs-mîm kā-zāḇ} ‘the diviners of lies’ to emphasize falsehood.
Root and etymology
n-b-ʾn-b-ʾ
“to prophesy”
In context — Ezekiel 13:9
And my hand shall be against the prophets who see vanity and the diviners of lies; they shall not be in the council of my people, nor shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 13:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 13:9, so the Hebrew word אֶֽל־הַנְּבִיאִ֞ים (elhaneviim) 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.13.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.9.W3.S1) and character.