Ezekiel 16:6:8Ezek.16.6.W8TAB
בְּדָמַ֣יִךְ
bedamayikh
“in your blood”
- Transliteration
- be-da-MA-yikh
- Extended
- beh-daa-MA-yihkh
- IPA
- /bədaːˈmajik/
Meaning by language
- English
- in your blood
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
be-da-MA-yikh
- phraseyour reading level
be-da-MA-yikh kha-YI
- clause
va-o-MAR LAKH be-da-MA-yikh kha-YI va-o-MAR LAKH be-da-MA-yikh kha-YI
- 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 prepositional phrase bedamaikh {בְּדָמָיִךְ | bə-dā-mā-yiḵ} ‘in your blood’ intensifies the life-threatening context.
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 16:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 16:6, so the Hebrew word בְּדָמַ֣יִךְ (bedamayikh) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.6.W8.S1) and character.