Ezekiel 16:43:20Ezek.16.43.W20TAB
אֶת־הַזִּמָּ֔ה
ethazimma
“{direct object} the lewdness”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-zim-MA
- Extended
- eht-hah-zihm-MAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt-ha.zimˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} the lewdness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
et-ha-zim-MA
- 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 final clause ve-lo asiti et ha-zimmah al kol toavotayikh {וְלֹ֤א עָשִׂית֙ אֶת־הַזִּמָּ֔ה עַ֖ל כָּל־תּוֹעֲבֹתָֽיִךְ | və-lō ʿāśîtî ʾet ha-zimmāh ʿal kol tôʿăḇōtāyikh} contrasts previous abominations with the added lewdness, using a negated perfect to emphasize cumulative wickedness.
Root and etymology
z-m-mz-m-m
“scheme, wickedness”
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 16:43:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Ezekiel 16:43, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַזִּמָּ֔ה (ethazimma) 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.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.43.W20.S1) and character.