Ezekiel 16:28:4Ezek.16.28.W4TAB
מִבִּלְתִּ֖י
mibilti
“from not or because not”
- Transliteration
- mi-bil-TI
- Extended
- mih-bihl-TEE
- IPA
- /mib.bilˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from not or because not
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-bil-TI
- clause
va-tiz-NI el-be-NE a-shur mi-bil-TI sa-ve-a-TEKH
- sentence
va-tiz-NI el-be-NE a-shur mi-bil-TI sa-ve-a-TEKH va-tiz-NIM ve-GAM LO sa-VA-at
Exegesis
The causal expression mi-bilti savatekh {מִבִּלְתִּי שָׂבְעָתֵךְ | mi-bil-tî śā-və-ʿā-tekh} indicates motive through negated satisfaction.
In context — Ezekiel 16:28
And you played the harlot with the sons of Assyria, because you were not satisfied ; you even engaged in further harlotries, yet you could not be satisfied.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 16:28, so the Hebrew word מִבִּלְתִּ֖י (mibilti) 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.16.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.28.W4.S1) and character.