Ezekiel 14:13:11Ezek.14.13.W11TAB
מַטֵּה־לָ֑חֶם
matelakhem
“staff of bread”
- Transliteration
- ma-TE-la-KHEM
- Extended
- mah-TEH-laa-KHEHM
- IPA
- /matːeː.laːˈħɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- staff of bread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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
ma-TE-la-KHEM
- clause
ben-a-DAM E-rets KI te-khe-TA-li lim-e-AL-ma-AL ve-na-TI-ti ya-DI a-LE-ha ve-sha-VAR-ti LA ma-TE-la-KHEM
- sentence
ben-a-DAM E-rets KI te-khe-TA-li lim-e-AL-ma-AL ve-na-TI-ti ya-DI a-LE-ha ve-sha-VAR-ti LA ma-TE-la-KHEM ve-hish-lakh-TI-va ra-AV ve-hikh-RAT-ti mim-me-NA a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
Exegesis
The construct idiom matte-lechem {מַטֵּה־לָחֶם | maṭṭê-leḥem} ‘staff of bread’ symbolizes sustenance, and the final verbs express total devastation of adam {אָדָם | ʾā-ḏām} and u-vehemah {וּבְהֵמָה | ū-ḇə-hē-māh}.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlamed–chet–mem
“bread, food”
In context — Ezekiel 14:13
Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it and break its staff of bread , and send famine into it, and cut off from it both man and beast.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 14:13, so the Hebrew word מַטֵּה־לָ֑חֶם (matelakhem) 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.14.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.13.W11.S1) and character.