Ezekiel 16:14:13Ezek.16.14.W13TAB
אֲדֹנָ֥י
adonai
“Lord”
- Transliteration
- a-do-NAI
- Extended
- ah-doh-NAI
- IPA
- /ʔădoˈnaːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- Lord
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-do-NAI
- phraseyour reading level
a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH
- 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 formula neum Adonai YHWH {נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִֽה | nə-ʾum ʾă-dō-nāy Yəhōwāh} functions as a prophetic declaration. English word order adapts relative clauses and combines phrases to preserve cause, instrumentality, and emphatic divine agency.
Root and etymology
א־ד־נ
“lord/master”
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 16:14:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Ezekiel 16:14, so the Hebrew word אֲדֹנָ֥י (adonai) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.14.W13.S1) and character.