Ezekiel 14:16:6Ezek.14.16.W6TAB
נְאֻם֙
neum
“utterance of”
- Transliteration
- ne-UM
- Extended
- neh-UHM
- IPA
- /nəˈʔum/
Meaning by language
- English
- utterance of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ne-UM
- clause
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
- 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
An oath formula appears next: chai-ani {חַי־אָ֗נִי | ḥay ʾānî} ‘as I live’, introducing the prophetic utterance neum {נְאֻם | nəʾum} ‘utterance’ together with the compound divine name Adonai YHWH {אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה | ʾăḏōnāy Yə-hō-wāh} ‘Lord God’, which establishes divine authority.
Root and etymology
נ־א־ם
“utterance”
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 14:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 14:16, so the Hebrew word נְאֻם֙ (neum) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.16.W6.S1) and character.