Ezekiel 16:27:14Ezek.16.27.W14TAB
זִמָּֽה׃
zimma
“lewdness”
- Transliteration
- zim-MA
- Extended
- zihm-MAA
- IPA
- /zimˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- lewdness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
zim-MA
- phraseyour reading level
mi-dar-KEKH zim-MA
- 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 participle hanikhlamot {הַנִּכְלָמ֖וֹת | han-nikh-lā-mōṯ} ‘the humiliated’ characterizes these agents, and the construct chain midarkekh zimmah {מִדַּרְכֵּךְ זִמָּֽה | mi-dar-kekh zim-māh} ‘from your way of lewdness’ marks causality. The progression from divine pronouncement through sequential verbs to participial and construct modifiers heightens the rhetorical impact, moving from judgment initiation to public disgrace.
Root and etymology
z-m-m
“plan, devise, lewdness”
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 16:27:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Ezekiel 16:27, so the Hebrew word זִמָּֽה׃ (zimma) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.27.W14.S1) and character.