Ezekiel 16:6:4Ezek.16.6.W4TAB
מִתְבּוֹסֶ֖סֶת
mitboseset
“wallowing”
- Transliteration
- mit-bo-SE-set
- Extended
- miht-boh-SEH-seht
- IPA
- /mit.boːˈsɛ.sɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- wallowing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mit-bo-SE-set
- clause
va-e-VOHR a-LA-yikh va-er-EKH mit-bo-SE-set be-da-MA-yikh
- sentence
va-e-VOHR a-LA-yikh va-er-EKH mit-bo-SE-set be-da-MA-yikh va-o-MAR LAKH be-da-MA-yikh kha-YI va-o-MAR LAKH be-da-MA-yikh kha-YI
Exegesis
The Hitpael participle mitboseset {מִתְבּוֹסֶסֶת | mit-bō-sē-seṯ} ‘wallowing’ conveys a reflexive, repeated action that emphasizes helpless struggle.
In context — Ezekiel 16:6
And I passed over you and saw you wallowing in your blood, and I said to you in your blood, “Live!”—yes, I said to you in your blood, “Live!”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 16:6, so the Hebrew word מִתְבּוֹסֶ֖סֶת (mitboseset) 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.16.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.6.W4.S1) and character.