Ezekiel 15:5:13Ezek.15.5.W13TAB
לִמְלָאכָֽה׃
limlaakha
“for work”
- Transliteration
- lim-la-a-KHA
- Extended
- lih-meh-laa-ah-KHAA
- IPA
- /lim.laːʔaːˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for work
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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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-a-KHA
- clause
AF ki-ESH a-kha-lat-HU va-ye-KHAR ve-na-a-SA OD lim-la-a-KHA
- sentence
hi-NE bi-he-yo-TO ta-MIM LO ye-a-SE lim-la-a-KHA AF ki-ESH a-kha-lat-HU va-ye-KHAR ve-na-a-SA OD lim-la-a-KHA
Exegesis
The negative passive lo yeaseh limelakhah {לֹ֥א יֵֽעָשֶׂ֖ה לִמְלָאכָ֑ה | lō yē-‘ā-śeh li-mə-lā-ḵāh} in the Niphal imperfect conveys inability—“it is not made for work.”
Finally, venaaseh od limelakhah {וְנַעֲשָׂ֥ה ע֖וֹד לִמְלָאכָֽה | wə-na-‘ă-śeh ‘ōḏ li-mə-lā-ḵāh} “and can it still be made for work” forms a rhetorical question, with od ‘ōḏ “still” underscoring the impossibility of further usefulness.
Root and etymology
m-l-ʼ
“work, task”
In context — Ezekiel 15:5
Behold, when it was whole , it was not fit for any work ; how much less, after fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it still be fit for any work?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 15:5:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Ezekiel 15:5, so the Hebrew word לִמְלָאכָֽה׃ (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.15.5.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.15.5.W13.S1) and character.