Ezekiel 16:36:13Ezek.16.36.W13TAB
תוֹעֲבוֹתַ֔יִךְ
toavotayikh
“your abominations”
- Transliteration
- to-a-vo-TA-yikh
- Extended
- toh-ah-voh-TAH-yeekh
- IPA
- /toː.ʕăvoːˈtajix/
Meaning by language
- English
- your abominations
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
to-a-vo-TA-yikh
- phraseyour reading level
kal-gil-lu-LEI to-a-vo-TA-yikh
- clause
ve-AL kal-gil-lu-LEI to-a-vo-TA-yikh ve-khid-MEI va-NA-yikh a-SHER na-TAT la-HEM
- sentence
ko-A-mar a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI YA-an hi-sha-FEKH ne-khu-SHE-tekh va-tig-GA-le er-va-TEKH ke-taz-nu-TA-yikh al-me-a-ha-VAI-yikh ve-AL kal-gil-lu-LEI to-a-vo-TA-yikh ve-khid-MEI va-NA-yikh a-SHER na-TAT la-HEM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ketaznutayikh {כְּתַזְנוּתַיִךְ | ketaznûtāyêḵ} ‘according to your whorings’ with al-meahavaikh {עַל־מְאַהֲבָיִךְ | ʿal-mᵉʾaḥăḇāyêḵ} ‘upon your lovers’ delineates relational sins, while the coordination ve-al kol-gillulei toavotayikh {וְעַל כָּל־גִּלּוּלֵי תוֹעֲבוֹתַיִךְ | wə-ʿal kôl-gillūlē tᵒʾăḇōtāyêḵ} expands to idolatrous transgressions.
Root and etymology
ʿ-b-t
“abomination”
In context — Ezekiel 16:36
Thus says the Lord GOD ; because your filthiness was poured out and your nakedness was uncovered according to your sexual promiscuity with your lovers, with all the idols of your abominations, and by the blood of your children whom you gave to them.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:36:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Ezekiel 16:36, so the Hebrew word תוֹעֲבוֹתַ֔יִךְ (toavotayikh) 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.16.36.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.36.W13.S1) and character.