Ezekiel 16:5:8Ezek.16.5.W8TAB
לְחֻמְלָ֣ה
lekhumla
“for compassion”
- Transliteration
- le-khum-LA
- Extended
- leh-khu hm-LAA
- IPA
- /ləħumˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for compassion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-khum-LA
- phraseyour reading level
le-khum-LA a-LA-yekh
- clause
lo-KHA-sa a-LAI-yekh A-yin la-a-SOT LA-kh a-KHAT me-EL-le le-khum-LA a-LA-yekh
- sentence
lo-KHA-sa a-LAI-yekh A-yin la-a-SOT LA-kh a-KHAT me-EL-le le-khum-LA a-LA-yekh va-tush-le-KHI el-pe-NE ha-sa-DE be-GO-al naf-SHE-kh be-YOM hu-LE-det o-TA-kh
Exegesis
The infinitive la'asot {לַעֲשׂוֹת | la-ʿă-śōṯ} introduces the withheld act of mercy, and a series of prepositional phrases (for-you {לָךְ | lāḵ}, of-these {מֵאֵלֶּה | mē-ʾêlleh}, for-compassion {לְחֻמְלָה | lə-ḥum-lāh}, upon-you {עָלָיִךְ | ʿā-layiḵ}) intensifies the imagery of refusal.
Root and etymology
ḥ-m-lchet–mem–lamed
“compassion, pity”
In context — Ezekiel 16:5
No eye pitied you to do for you one of these things in compassion; but you were thrown into the open field, because you were loathed on the day you were born.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 16:5, so the Hebrew word לְחֻמְלָ֣ה (lekhumla) 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.16.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.5.W8.S1) and character.