Ezekiel 15:3:5Ezek.15.3.W5TAB
לִמְלָאכָ֑ה
limlaakha
“for work or craftsmanship”
- Transliteration
- lim-la-AKHA
- Extended
- lihm-lah-aa-KHAA
- IPA
- /lim.laːʔaˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for work or craftsmanship
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lim-la-AKHA
- clause
ha-yuk-KAKH mi-ME-nu ETS la-a-SOT lim-la-AKHA
- sentence
ha-yuk-KAKH mi-ME-nu ETS la-a-SOT lim-la-AKHA im-yik-KHU mi-ME-nu ya-TED lit-LOT a-LAV KAL-ke-LI
Exegesis
The infinitive laʿasot {לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת | la-ʿăśōt} indicates purpose “to do/make,” complemented by limelakhah {לִמְלָאכָ֑ה | li-mə-lāʾ-khā} specifying “for work.”
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–aleph
“work, labor”
In context — Ezekiel 15:3
Shall wood be taken from it to make anything for work , or shall they take from it a peg to hang any vessel on it?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 15:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 15:3, so the Hebrew word לִמְלָאכָ֑ה (limlaakha) 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.15.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.15.3.W5.S1) and character.