Ezekiel 16:36:18Ezek.16.36.W18TAB
לָהֶֽם׃
lahem
“to them”
- Transliteration
- la-HEM
- Extended
- laa-HEHM
- IPA
- /laːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-HEM
- 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 final phrase ve-khidmei banayikh asher natat lahem {וְכִדְמֵי בָנַיִךְ אֲשֶׁר נָתַתְּ לָהֶם | wə-ḵidəmē banayyaḵ ’ăšer nāṯaṯṯ lāhem} ‘and by the blood of your children whom you gave to them’ adds the grief of child sacrifice, underscoring judicial severity.
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 16:36:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Ezekiel 16:36, so the Hebrew word לָהֶֽם׃ (lahem) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.36.W18.S1) and character.