Ezekiel 16:43:15Ezek.16.43.W15TAB
אֲדֹנָ֣י
adonai
“Lord”
- Transliteration
- a-do-NAI
- Extended
- ah-doh-NAI
- IPA
- /ʔădoːˈnaːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- Lord
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-do-NAI
- phraseyour reading level
a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-GAM-a-NI HE dar-KEKH be-ROSH na-TAT-ti ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH ve-LO a-si-TI a-SIT et-ha-zim-MA AL kol-to-a-vo-TA-yikh
- sentence
YA-an a-SHER LO-z-khar-TI za-KHART et-ye-ME ne-u-ra-YIKH va-tir-ge-ZI-li be-KHOL-E-le ve-GAM-a-NI HE dar-KEKH be-ROSH na-TAT-ti ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH ve-LO a-si-TI a-SIT et-ha-zim-MA AL kol-to-a-vo-TA-yikh
Exegesis
The prophetic formula neum Adonai YHWH {נְאֻם אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה | neʾûm ădōnāy yə-hō-wāh} ‘declaration of the Lord GOD’ underscores divine authority.
Root and etymology
א־ד־נ
“lord/master”
In context — Ezekiel 16:43
Because you did not remember the days of your youth and provoked Me with all these things, behold, I also have set your way upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD . Have you not committed this lewdness in addition to all your abominations?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:43:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Ezekiel 16:43, so the Hebrew word אֲדֹנָ֣י (adonai) 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.16.43.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.43.W15.S1) and character.