Ezekiel 14:7:21Ezek.14.7.W21TAB
לִדְרָשׁ־ל֣וֹ
lidrashlo
“to inquire for himself”
- Transliteration
- lid-RASH-LO
- Extended
- lihd-RAASH-LOH
- IPA
- /lidˈrɔːʃ.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to inquire for himself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lid-RASH-LO
- phraseyour reading level
lid-RASH-LO VI
- clause
u-VA el-ha-na-VI lid-RASH-LO VI a-NI ye-ho-VAH na-a-NE-LO BI
- 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 sequence li-draš-lô bî {לִדְרָשׁ־לוֹ בִּ֔י | li-draš-lô bî} ‘to inquire for himself in me’ highlights false piety, and the final cluster ʾă-nî YHWH na-ʿă-neh-lô bî {אֲנִי יְהוָה נַֽעֲנֶה־לּ֖וֹ בִּֽי | ʾă-nî Yəhōwāh na-ʿă-neh-lô bî} asserts divine self-involvement.
Root and etymology
d-r-shd-r-sh
“to seek, inquire”
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 14:7:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Ezekiel 14:7, so the Hebrew word לִדְרָשׁ־ל֣וֹ (lidrashlo) 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.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.7.W21.S1) and character.