Ezekiel 16:30:1Ezek.16.30.W1TAB
מָ֤ה
ma
“how”
- Transliteration
- MA
- Extended
- MAA
- IPA
- /ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- how
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
MA
- phraseyour reading level
MA a-mu-LA
- clause
MA a-mu-LA li-ba-TEKH ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
- sentence
MA a-mu-LA li-ba-TEKH ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI ba-a-so-TEKH ET-kol-E-le ma-a-SE i-SHA-zo-NA sha-LET
Exegesis
The verse opens with mah {מָ֤ה | mā} ‘what/how’ as an exclamatory particle followed by amulah {אֲמֻלָה֙ | ʾămulāh} ‘weakness’ and libbātekh {לִבָּתֵ֔ךְ | libbātekh} ‘your heart,’ forming an emphatic lament.
Root and etymology
r-q-mresh–qof–mem
“ornamented cloth”
In context — Ezekiel 16:30
“How weak your heart has become, declares the Lord GOD , as you do all these things—the deeds of a domineering prostitute.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 16:30, so the Hebrew word מָ֤ה (ma) 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.16.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.30.W1.S1) and character.