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
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
a-sher-ne-ta-TI-v la-ESH
- 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
- 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 context — Ezekiel 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.