Ezekiel 14:8:6Ezek.14.8.W6TAB
לְא֣וֹת
leot
“for a sign”
- Transliteration
- le-OT
- Extended
- leh-OHT
- IPA
- /ləˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- for a sign
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-OT
- phraseyour reading level
le-OT ve-lim-sha-LIM
- clause
ve-na-TAT-ti pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU va-ha-si-mo-TI-hu le-OT ve-lim-sha-LIM ve-hikh-ra-TIV mi-TOKH a-MI
- sentence
ve-na-TAT-ti pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU va-ha-si-mo-TI-hu le-OT ve-lim-sha-LIM ve-hikh-ra-TIV mi-TOKH a-MI vi-da-TEHM ki-a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The Hiphil perfect vahasimotihu {וַהֲשִׂמֹתִ֙יהוּ֙ | wā-ha-šî-mō-tî-hû} expresses causation, introducing the result-states le-ot {לְאוֹת | lə-ʾōṯ} and velimshalim {וְלִמְשָׁלִ֔ים | wə-lim-šā-lîm} as instructive examples.
Root and etymology
ʾ-w-taleph–waw–tav
“sign”
In context — Ezekiel 14:8
And I will set my face against that man, and I will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people, and you shall know that I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 14:8, so the Hebrew word לְא֣וֹת (leot) 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.14.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.8.W6.S1) and character.