Ezekiel 16:26:8Ezek.16.26.W8TAB
לְהַכְעִיסֵֽנִי׃
lehakhiseni
“to provoke me to anger”
- Transliteration
- le-ha-khi-se-NI
- Extended
- leh-hah-khih-ee-seh-NII
- IPA
- /ləhaχ.ʕiːˈseːniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to provoke me to anger
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-ha-khi-se-NI
- clause
va-tar-BI et-taz-nu-TEKH le-ha-khi-se-NI
- 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
Finally, the Hiphil infinitive lehakhiseni {לְהַכְעִיסֵֽנִי | lǝ-haḵ-ʿî-sē-nî} ‘to provoke Me to anger’ introduces a purpose clause expressing divine response. The English rendering uses past tense for narrative coherence and preserves the causative nuance.
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 16:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 16:26, so the Hebrew word לְהַכְעִיסֵֽנִי׃ (lehakhiseni) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.26.W8.S1) and character.