Ezekiel 14:18:15Ezek.14.18.W15TAB
לְבַדָּ֖ם
levaddam
“by themselves, alone”
- Transliteration
- le-vad-DAM
- Extended
- leh-vahd-DAAM
- IPA
- /ləvadˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- by themselves, 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
HEM le-vad-DAM
- clause
KI HEM le-vad-DAM yin-na-TSE-lu
- sentence
u-she-LO-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI LO ya-tsi-LU ba-NIM u-va-NOT KI HEM le-vad-DAM yin-na-TSE-lu
Exegesis
The negative construction lo yatzilu {לֹא יַצִּּילוּ | lōʾ yaṣṣîlû} conveys inability to rescue banim u-vanot {בָּנִים וּבָנוֹת | bānîm û-ḇānōṯ}, and the conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a corrective result: hem levaddam yinnatzelu {הֵם לְבַדָּם יִנָּצֵלוּ | hēm lə-ḇaddām yinnāṣēlû} with levaddam marking exclusivity. The formal English structure retains the oath and adversative juxtaposition, while the dynamic reflects contemporary idiom for rescue and self-reliance.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed–bet
“heart”
In context — Ezekiel 14:18
Even if these three men were in its midst, as I live—declares the Lord GOD —they would not deliver sons or daughters; only they themselves would be delivered .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:18:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Ezekiel 14:18, so the Hebrew word לְבַדָּ֖ם (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.14.18.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.18.W15.S1) and character.