Ezekiel 16:46:7Ezek.16.46.W7TAB
עַל־שְׂמֹאולֵ֑ךְ
alsemolekh
“on your left”
- Transliteration
- al-se-mo-LEKH
- Extended
- ahl-seh-moh-LEHKH
- IPA
- /ʕal.śəmoːˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- on your left
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
al-se-mo-LEKH
- clause
va-a-KHO-tekh ha-ge-do-LA sho-me-RON HI u-ve-no-TE-ha ha-yo-SHE-vet al-se-mo-LEKH
- sentence
va-a-KHO-tekh ha-ge-do-LA sho-me-RON HI u-ve-no-TE-ha ha-yo-SHE-vet al-se-mo-LEKH va-a-KHO-tekh ha-ke-ta-NA mi-MEKH ha-yo-SHE-vet mi-yi-mi-NEKH se-DOM u-ve-no-TE-ha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrases al-smolekh {עַל־שְׂמֹאולֵךְ | al-smo-ʾe-lekh} ‘on your left’ (north) and miyeminekh {מִימִינֵךְ | mî-yim-î-nê-ḵ} ‘at your right’ (south) follow Hebrew spatial idiom. The chiastic arrangement underscores impending judgment by contrasting Samaria and Sodom as estranged sisters.
In context — Ezekiel 16:46
And your elder sister Samaria , with her daughters dwelling on your left, and your younger sister Sodom , with her daughters dwelling on your right.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:46:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 16:46, so the Hebrew word עַל־שְׂמֹאולֵ֑ךְ (alsemolekh) 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.16.46.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.46.W7.S1) and character.