Ezekiel 15:4:2Ezek.15.4.W2TAB
לָאֵ֖שׁ
laesh
“to the fire”
- Transliteration
- la-ESH
- Extended
- laa-EESH
- IPA
- /laːˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the fire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-ESH
- phraseyour reading level
hi-NE la-ESH
- clause
hi-NE la-ESH ni-TAN le-A-kha-LA
- sentence
hi-NE la-ESH ni-TAN le-A-kha-LA ET she-NEI ke-tso-TAI-v a-khe-LA ha-ESH ve-to-KHO na-KHAR ha-yits-LAKH lim-la-A-kha
Exegesis
The sequence la’esh nittan {לָאֵשׁ נִתַּן} ‘to the fire it is given’ uses a Nifal perfect to express the wood’s intended fate.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–shin
“fire, burning substance”
In context — Ezekiel 15:4
Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel; the fire has consumed both its ends , and its middle is charred. Will it succeed for any work?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 15:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 15:4, so the Hebrew word לָאֵ֖שׁ (laesh) 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.15.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.15.4.W2.S1) and character.