Ezekiel 16:14:11Ezek.16.14.W11TAB
עָלַ֔יִךְ
alayikh
“upon you”
- Transliteration
- a-LA-yikh
- Extended
- aa-LAH-yihkh
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlajix/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
a-LA-yikh
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-sam-TI a-LA-yikh
- clause
KI ka-LIL HU ba-ha-da-RI a-SHER-sam-TI a-LA-yikh ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-TSE LAKH SHEM ba-go-YIM be-yof-YEKH KI ka-LIL HU ba-ha-da-RI a-SHER-sam-TI a-LA-yikh ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֣מְתִּי | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ connects to the agency clause samti {שַׂמְתִּי | śam-tî} ‘I placed’ + alayikh {עָלַיִךְ | ʿā-lai-yiḵ} ‘upon you’.
In context — Ezekiel 16:14
And your renown went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor which I placed upon you, declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:14:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 16:14, so the Hebrew word עָלַ֔יִךְ (alayikh) 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.16.14.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.14.W11.S1) and character.