Ezekiel 16:37:10Ezek.16.37.W10TAB
אָהַ֔בְתְּ
ahavt
“you loved”
- Transliteration
- a-HAVT
- Extended
- aa-HAAVT
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈhavt/
Meaning by language
- English
- you loved
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-HAVT
- phraseyour reading level
kol-a-SHER a-HAVT
- clause
la-KHEN hin-NE me-ka-BETS et-KOL-me-a-ha-VAY-ikh a-SHER a-RAVT a-le-HEM ve-ET kol-a-SHER a-HAVT al-kol-a-SHER sa-NE
- sentence
la-KHEN hin-NE me-ka-BETS et-KOL-me-a-ha-VAY-ikh a-SHER a-RAVT a-le-HEM ve-ET kol-a-SHER a-HAVT al-kol-a-SHER sa-NE ve-ki-bats-TI o-TAM a-LAI-ikh mi-sa-VIV ve-gil-LE-TI er-va-TEKH a-le-HEM ve-RA-u et-KOL-er-va-TEKH
Exegesis
Its direct object etkolmeahavayikh {אֶת־כָּל־מְאַהֲבַיִךְ | ʾeṯ-kōl-məʾăḥăvayīḵ} ‘all your lovers’ is specified by a series of relative clauses with asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘whom’ and Qal perfect verbs (aravt {עָרַבְתְּ | ʿāravt} ‘you mingled yourself with’, ahavt {אָהַבְתְּ | ʾāhavt} ‘you loved’, sanet {שָׂנֵאת | sānēt} ‘you hated’), forming an accumulative list of infidelities.
Root and etymology
א־ה־ב
“to love”
In context — Ezekiel 16:37
Therefore, behold, I am gathering all your lovers whom you have mingled with, and all those whom you have loved, along with all those whom you have hated. And I will gather them against you from every side and will uncover your nakedness , so that they may see all your nakedness.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:37:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 16:37, so the Hebrew word אָהַ֔בְתְּ (ahavt) 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.16.37.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.37.W10.S1) and character.