Ezekiel 15:6:11Ezek.15.6.W11TAB

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

Result
לָ + אֵ֖שׁ
la + esh
laesh

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-ESH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-sher-ne-ta-TI-v la-ESH

  3. clause

    la-KHEN KO a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI ka-a-SHER ETS-ha-GE-fen be-ETS ha-ya-AR a-sher-ne-ta-TI-v la-ESH le-a-khe-LA

  4. sentence

    la-KHEN KO a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI ka-a-SHER ETS-ha-GE-fen be-ETS ha-ya-AR a-sher-ne-ta-TI-v la-ESH le-a-khe-LA KEN na-TAT-ti et-yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-im

Exegesis

The verb netativ {נְתַתִּ֥יו | nĕ-ṯat-tî-yōw} ‘I have given’ directs the object to la-esh {לָאֵשׁ | lā-’êš} ‘the fire’ for the purpose of le-okhlah {לְאָכְלָה | lə-’ō-ḵlâ} ‘consuming’.

Root and etymology

Rootaleph–shin

fire, burning substance

In contextEzekiel 15:6

Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD : “As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for consuming , so have I given the inhabitants of Jerusalem.”

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 15:6:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 15:6, 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.15.6.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.15.6.W11.S1) and character.