Ezekiel 16:38:8Ezek.16.38.W8TAB
חֵמָ֖ה
khema
“of wrath”
- Transliteration
- khe-MA
- Extended
- kheh-MAA
- IPA
- /ħeːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of wrath
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
khe-MA
- phraseyour reading level
DAM khe-MA
- clause
u-ne-TAT-tik DAM khe-MA ve-kin-A
- sentence
u-she-FAT-tik mish-pe-TE no-a-FOT ve-sho-fe-KHOT DAM u-ne-TAT-tik DAM khe-MA ve-kin-A
Exegesis
The second vav-consecutive unetatikh {וּנְתַתִּ֕יךְ | û-nə-ṯat-tîḵ} ‘and I will give you’ introduces the consequence, with dam chemah ve-kinah {דַּ֥ם חֵמָ֖ה וְקִנְאָֽה | dām ḥê-māh wə-qin-’āh} functioning as the noun phrase ‘blood in wrath and jealousy.’ The parallel vav+verb pattern intensifies the pronouncement, shifting from legal standard to enacted judgment and underscoring divine severity.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–mem–he
“wrath, intense anger”
In context — Ezekiel 16:38
And I will judge you as adulteresses and bloodshed perpetrators are judged, and I will give you blood in wrath and jealousy.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:38:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 16:38, so the Hebrew word חֵמָ֖ה (khema) 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.16.38.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.38.W8.S1) and character.