Ezekiel 16:47:7Ezek.16.47.W7TAB
כִּמְעַ֣ט
kimeat
“as a little”
- Transliteration
- kim-E-at
- Extended
- kihm-EH-aht
- IPA
- /kimˈʕaṭ/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a little
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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Word in context
- word
kim-E-at
- phraseyour reading level
kim-E-at KAT
- clause
kim-E-at KAT va-tash-khi-TI me-HEN be-KHOL-de-ra-KHA-yikh
- sentence
ve-LO be-dar-KHEI-hen ha-LAKHT u-ve-to-a-vo-TEI-hen a-si-TI a-SIT kim-E-at KAT va-tash-khi-TI me-HEN be-KHOL-de-ra-KHA-yikh
Exegesis
The idiom kim'at kat {כִּמְעַט קָט | kim-ʿaṭ qāṭ} uses a diminutive for understatement.
In context — Ezekiel 16:47
And you did not walk in their ways, nor did you do according to their abominations ; but as if that were a very small thing, you corrupted yourself more than they in all your ways.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:47:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 16:47, so the Hebrew word כִּמְעַ֣ט (kimeat) 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.16.47.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.47.W7.S1) and character.