Ezekiel 15:7:2Ezek.15.7.W2TAB
אֶת־פָּנַי֙
etpanai
“{direct object marker} my face”
- Transliteration
- et-pa-NAI
- Extended
- eet-paa-NAI
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.paˈnaːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object marker} my face
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
et-pa-NAI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-na-TAT-ti et-pa-NAI
- clause
ve-na-TAT-ti et-pa-NAI ba-HEM me-ha-ESH ya-TSU ve-ha-ESH to-khe-LEM
- sentence
ve-na-TAT-ti et-pa-NAI ba-HEM me-ha-ESH ya-TSU ve-ha-ESH to-khe-LEM vi-da-TEM ki-a-NI Ye-ho-VAH be-su-MI et-pa-NAI ba-HEM
Exegesis
The phrase et-pnai bahem {אֶת־פָּנַי בָּהֶם | ʾet-pā-nây bā-hem} ‘my face against them’ functions as an idiom of determined opposition.
The clause viyadatem ki-ani YHWH {וִידַעְתֶּם כִּי־אֲנִי יְהוָה | wî-daʿ-tem kî-ʾă-nî Yə-hō-wāh} ‘and you shall know that I am the LORD’ serves as a climactic self-revelation, and the parallel infinitive clause besumi et-pnai bahem {בְּשׂוּמִי אֶת־פָּנַי בָּהֶם | bə-śû-mî ʾet-pā-nây bā-hem} ‘when I set my face against them’ reinforces divine determination.
Root and etymology
p-n-hpe–nun–heh
“face, presence”
In context — Ezekiel 15:7
And I will set my face against them; from the fire they have come out, but the fire will devour them; and you shall know that I am the LORD when I set my face against them.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 15:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 15:7, so the Hebrew word אֶת־פָּנַי֙ (etpanai) 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.15.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.15.7.W2.S1) and character.