Ezekiel 16:3:12Ezek.16.3.W12TAB
וְאִמֵּ֥ךְ
veimekh
“and your mother”
- Transliteration
- ve-i-MEKH
- Extended
- veh-ih-MEKH
- IPA
- /vəʔimˈmeːk/
Meaning by language
- English
- and your mother
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-i-MEKH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-i-MEKH khi-TIT
- clause
a-VIKH ha-e-mo-RI ve-i-MEKH khi-TIT
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH li-ru-sha-LA-yim me-kho-ro-TA-yikh u-mol-do-TA-yikh me-E-rets ha-ke-na-ni a-VIKH ha-e-mo-RI ve-i-MEKH khi-TIT
Exegesis
The constructs avikh haemori {אָבִ֥יךְ הָאֱמֹרִ֖י | ʾā-viḵ hā-ʾĕ-mo-rî} and veimmekh chittit {וְאִמֵּ֥ךְ חִתִּית׃ | və-ʾim-mē-ḵ ḥit-tît} use familial metaphor for mixed heritage. English preserves parallelism for emphasis.
In context — Ezekiel 16:3
And you shall say, “Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem: Your origins and your births are from the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite, and your mother a Hittite.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 16:3, so the Hebrew word וְאִמֵּ֥ךְ (veimekh) 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.16.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.3.W12.S1) and character.