Ezekiel 16:18:5Ezek.16.18.W5TAB
וְשַׁמְנִי֙
veshamni
“and my oil”
- Transliteration
- ve-sham-NI
- Extended
- veh-shahm-NEE
- IPA
- /vəʃamˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and my oil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sham-NI
- clause
ve-sham-NI u-ke-tar-TI na-ta-TI na-TAT lif-ne-HEM
- sentence
va-tik-KHI et-big-DE rik-ma-TEKH va-te-kha-SIM ve-sham-NI u-ke-tar-TI na-ta-TI na-TAT lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The coordinated phrase veshamni uqtarti {וְשַׁמְנִי וּקְטָרְתִּי | wə-šam-nî û-qə-ṭar-tî} ‘and my oil and my incense’ features two first person singular pronominal suffixes underscoring divine ownership of the offerings.
In context — Ezekiel 16:18
And you took your embroidered garments and covered them, and you placed my oil and my incense before them.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 16:18, so the Hebrew word וְשַׁמְנִי֙ (veshamni) 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.16.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.18.W5.S1) and character.