Ezekiel 14:20:7Ezek.14.20.W7TAB
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
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 oath ḥay-ʾāni {חַי־אָ֗נִי | ḥay-ʾā-ni} ‘as I live’ introduces a solemn divine oath, followed by the prophetic announcement neʾum adonai YHWH {נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה | nə-ʾum ʾă-dō-nāy Yə-hō-wāh} ‘declares the LORD GOD’.
Root and etymology
נ־א־ם
“utterance”
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 14:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 14:20, 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.14.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.20.W7.S1) and character.