Ezekiel 14:16:13Ezek.14.16.W13TAB
לְבַדָּם֙
levaddam
“by themselves or alone”
- Transliteration
- le-vad-DAM
- Extended
- leh-vahd-DAHM
- IPA
- /ləvadˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- by themselves or alone
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-vad-DAM
- phraseyour reading level
HE-ma le-vad-DAM
- clause
HE-ma le-vad-DAM yin-na-TSE-lu ve-ha-A-rets ti-he-YE she-ma-MA
- sentence
she-LO-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-ba-NIM ve-im-ba-NOT ya-tsi-LU HE-ma le-vad-DAM yin-na-TSE-lu ve-ha-A-rets ti-he-YE she-ma-MA
Exegesis
The restriction levaddam {לְבַדָּם | lə-ḇaddām} ‘by themselves’ limits deliverance.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–bet
“heart”
In context — Ezekiel 14:16
Even if these three men were in its midst, as I live, declares the Lord God , they would not deliver sons or daughters; they alone would be delivered, but the land would become desolate .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:16:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Ezekiel 14:16, so the Hebrew word לְבַדָּם֙ (levaddam) 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.14.16.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.16.W13.S1) and character.