Ezekiel 16:45:10Ezek.16.45.W10TAB

גָּֽעֲ֙לוּ֙

gaalu

they loathed

Transliteration
ga-a-LU
Extended
gaa-ah-LOO
IPA
/ɡaːʕăˈluː/

Meaning by language

English
they loathed

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Result
גָּֽ + עֲ֙ + לוּ֙
ga + a + lu
gaalu

Alphabet Analysis

Gimelg as in good
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ga-a-LU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER ga-a-LU

  3. clause

    va-a-KHOT a-kho-TEKH AT a-SHER ga-a-LU an-she-HEN u-ve-ne-HEN im-me-KHEN khi-TIT va-a-vi-KHEN e-mo-RI

  4. sentence

    BAT-IM-mekh AT go-E-let i-SHAH u-va-NE-ha va-a-KHOT a-kho-TEKH AT a-SHER ga-a-LU an-she-HEN u-ve-ne-HEN im-me-KHEN khi-TIT va-a-vi-KHEN e-mo-RI

Exegesis

The perfect form gāʿălû {גָּֽעֲ֙לוּ֙ | gā-ʿă-lû} links communal action back to the individual participle.

In contextEzekiel 16:45

You are your mother’s daughter, loathing her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite , and your father an Amorite .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 16:45:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 16:45, so the Hebrew word גָּֽעֲ֙לוּ֙ (gaalu) 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.16.45.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.45.W10.S1) and character.