Ezekiel 16:26:2Ezek.16.26.W2TAB
אֶל־בְּנֵֽי־מִצְרַ֛יִם
elbenemitsrayim
“to the sons of Egypt”
- Transliteration
- el-be-NE-mi-ts-RA-yim
- Extended
- ehl-beh-NEE-mih-ts-RAA-yihm
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.bəˈneː.mitsˈraːjim/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the sons of Egypt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
el-be-NE-mi-ts-RA-yim
- phraseyour reading level
va-tiz-NI el-be-NE-mi-ts-RA-yim
- clause
va-tiz-NI el-be-NE-mi-ts-RA-yim she-khe-NA-yikh gid-LE va-SAR
- sentence
va-tiz-NI el-be-NE-mi-ts-RA-yim she-khe-NA-yikh gid-LE va-SAR va-tar-BI et-taz-nu-TEKH le-ha-khi-se-NI
Exegesis
The prepositional construct el-bnei-mitzrayim {אֶל־בְּנֵֽי־מִצְרַיִם | ʾel-bǝnê-miṣrāyim} ‘with the sons of Egypt’ is rendered “with” to reflect Hebraic usage.
In context — Ezekiel 16:26
And you committed fornication with the sons of Egypt, your neighbors who were great of flesh, and you multiplied your harlotries to provoke Me to anger.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 16:26, so the Hebrew word אֶל־בְּנֵֽי־מִצְרַ֛יִם (elbenemitsrayim) 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.16.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.26.W2.S1) and character.