Ezekiel 14:11:11Ezek.14.11.W11TAB
לְעָ֗ם
leam
“for a people”
- Transliteration
- le-AM
- Extended
- leh-AAM
- IPA
- /ləˈʕaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a people
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-AM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YU LI le-AM
- clause
ve-ha-YU LI le-AM va-a-NI e-he-YE la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
- sentence
le-MA-an lo-yit-E-u OD BEIT-yis-ra-EL me-a-kha-RAI ve-lo-yit-tam-ME-u OD be-khol-pish-e-HEM ve-ha-YU LI le-AM va-a-NI e-he-YE la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
Exegesis
The construct phrase beit-yisraʾel {בֵּית־יִשְׂרָאֵל | bêt-yiś-rā-ʾēl} functions as the subject, which transitions via the covenantal formula ve-hāyū lī le-ʿām {וְהָיוּ לִי לְעָם | wə-hā-yū lī lə-ʿām} ‘and they shall be to me a people’ into the reciprocal promise ʾanī ʾehyeh lāhem le-Elohim {אֲנִי אֶהְיֶה לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִים | ʾă-nī ʾe-hyeh lā-hem lē-ʾĕ-lō-hīm} ‘and I will be their God’.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–mem–mem
“people, nation”
In context — Ezekiel 14:11
So that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me, nor defile themselves again with all their transgressions ; and they will be My people, and I will be their God —declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:11:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 14:11, so the Hebrew word לְעָ֗ם (leam) 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.14.11.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.11.W11.S1) and character.