Ezekiel 15:7:3Ezek.15.7.W3TAB
בָּהֶ֔ם
bahem
“against them”
- Transliteration
- ba-HEM
- Extended
- baa-HEHM
- IPA
- /baːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- against them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-HEM
- 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.
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 15:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 15:7, so the Hebrew word בָּהֶ֔ם (bahem) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.15.7.W3.S1) and character.