Ezekiel 16:27:11Ezek.16.27.W11TAB
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
pelishtim
“Philistines”
- Transliteration
- pe-lish-TIM
- Extended
- peh-lihsh-TEEM
- IPA
- /pəliʃˈtˤiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Philistines
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pe-lish-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
be-NOT pe-lish-TIM
- clause
va-et-NEKH be-NE-fesh so-ne-O-ta-yikh be-NOT pe-lish-TIM ha-nikh-la-MOT mi-dar-KEKH zim-MA
- sentence
ve-hin-NEH na-TI-ti ya-DI a-LA-yikh va-eg-RA khu-KEKH va-et-NEKH be-NE-fesh so-ne-O-ta-yikh be-NOT pe-lish-TIM ha-nikh-la-MOT mi-dar-KEKH zim-MA
Exegesis
The clause vaetnekh benefesh sonotayikh {וָאֶתְּנֵךְ בְּנֶפֶשׁ שֹׂנְאוֹתַיִךְ | wā-ʾet-nehkh bə-ne-pheš śōn-’ō-tha-yikh} ‘and I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you’ uses the preposition benefesh {בְּנֶפֶשׁ | bə-ne-pheš} ‘desire’ and specifies the agents as benot pelishtim {בְּנוֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּים | bə-nōṯ pə-lish-tîm} ‘daughters of the Philistines’.
In context — Ezekiel 16:27
And behold, I have stretched out My hand over you and have diminished your allotted portion, and I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you—the daughters of the Philistines, who are humiliated because of your lewd way .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:27:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 16:27, so the Hebrew word פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים (pelishtim) 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.16.27.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.27.W11.S1) and character.