Ezekiel 15:7:4Ezek.15.7.W4TAB
מֵהָאֵ֣שׁ
mehaesh
“from the fire”
- Transliteration
- me-ha-ESH
- Extended
- mee-haa-EESH
- IPA
- /meːhaˈʔeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the fire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
me-ha-ESH
- phraseyour reading level
me-ha-ESH ya-TSU
- 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 temporal clause mehaesh yatsa’u {מֵהָאֵשׁ יָצָאוּ | mə-hā-ʾēš yā-ṣā-ʾû} ‘from the fire they have gone out’ uses a Qal perfect to indicate completed escape, while the imperfect toakhelem {תֹּאכְלֵם | tō-ʾă-ḵ-lêm} ‘will devour them’ emphasizes the certainty of judgment.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–shin
“fire, burning substance”
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 15:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 15:7, so the Hebrew word מֵהָאֵ֣שׁ (mehaesh) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.15.7.W4.S1) and character.