Ezekiel 16:44:3Ezek.16.44.W3TAB
עָלַ֥יִךְ
alayikh
“about you”
- Transliteration
- a-LA-yikh
- Extended
- aa-LAH-yihkh
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlajix/
Meaning by language
- English
- about you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LA-yikh
- phraseyour reading level
a-LA-yikh yim-SHOL
- clause
hin-NE KAL-ha-mo-SHEL a-LA-yikh yim-SHOL le-MOR
- sentence
hin-NE KAL-ha-mo-SHEL a-LA-yikh yim-SHOL le-MOR ke-i-MA bit-TA
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase alayikh {עָלַיִךְ | ʿā-lay-yiḵ} ‘against you’ specifies the addressee.
In context — Ezekiel 16:44
Behold, everyone who uses proverbs against you will use a proverb, saying, “Like mother , like her daughter.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:44:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 16:44, so the Hebrew word עָלַ֥יִךְ (alayikh) 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.16.44.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.44.W3.S1) and character.