Ezekiel 14:7:12Ezek.14.7.W12TAB
גִּלּוּלָיו֙
gillulav
“his idols”
- Transliteration
- gil-lu-LAV
- Extended
- gihl-loo-LAV
- IPA
- /gil.luːˈlaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- his idols
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
gil-lu-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ya-AL gil-lu-LAV
- clause
KI ISH ISH mib-BET yis-ra-EL u-me-hag-GER a-sher-ya-GUR be-yis-ra-EL ve-yin-na-ZER me-a-kha-RAI ve-ya-AL gil-lu-LAV el-lib-BO u-mikh-SHOL a-vo-NO ya-SIM NO-khakh pa-NAV
- sentence
KI ISH ISH mib-BET yis-ra-EL u-me-hag-GER a-sher-ya-GUR be-yis-ra-EL ve-yin-na-ZER me-a-kha-RAI ve-ya-AL gil-lu-LAV el-lib-BO u-mikh-SHOL a-vo-NO ya-SIM NO-khakh pa-NAV u-VA el-ha-na-VI lid-RASH-LO VI a-NI ye-ho-VAH na-a-NE-LO BI
Exegesis
The construct chains gil-lu-lāv ʾel-lib-bô {גִּלּוּלָיו אֶל־לִבּוֹ | gil-lu-lāv ʾel-lib-bô} ‘his idols to his heart’ and u-mikh-šôl ʿa-vō-nô yā-šîm no-khaḥ pā-nāv {וּמִכְשׁוֹל עֲוֺנוֹ יָשִׂים נֹכַח פָּנָיו | u-mikh-šôl ʿa-vō-nô yā-šîm no-khaḥ pā-nāv} ‘the stumbling block of his iniquity he puts before his face’ use vivid imagery.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–lamed–lamed
“idol, detestable thing”
In context — Ezekiel 14:7
For any man of the house of Israel or any sojourner dwelling in Israel who separates himself from following Me and brings up his idols into his heart and places the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face and comes to the prophet to inquire of Me for himself, I, the LORD , will answer him Myself.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:7:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 14:7, so the Hebrew word גִּלּוּלָיו֙ (gillulav) 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.14.7.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.7.W12.S1) and character.