Ezekiel 14:20:10Ezek.14.20.W10TAB
אִם־בֵּ֥ן
imben
“if a son”
- Transliteration
- im-BEN
- Extended
- ihm-BEEN
- IPA
- /ʔimˈbeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- if a son
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-BEN
- phraseyour reading level
im-BEN im-BAT
- clause
ve-NO-akh da-ne-AL da-ni-EL ve-i-YOV be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-BEN im-BAT ya-tsi-LU
- sentence
ve-NO-akh da-ne-AL da-ni-EL ve-i-YOV be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-BEN im-BAT ya-tsi-LU HE-ma be-tsid-ka-TAM ya-tsi-LU naf-SHAM
Exegesis
The dual conditionals ʾim-bēn, ʾim-baṯ {אִם־בֵּ֥ן, אִם־בַּ֖ת | ʾim-bēn, ʾim-baṯ} ‘if a son, if a daughter’ emphasize that neither will be spared.
In context — Ezekiel 14:20
Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in its midst, as I live, declares the LORD GOD , they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they, by their righteousness , would deliver only their own lives.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 14:20, so the Hebrew word אִם־בֵּ֥ן (imben) 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.14.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.20.W10.S1) and character.