Ezekiel 16:7:15Ezek.16.7.W15TAB
עֵרֹ֥ם
erom
“naked”
- Transliteration
- e-ROM
- Extended
- ee-ROHM
- IPA
- /ʕeːˈroːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- naked
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-ROM
- phraseyour reading level
e-ROM ve-er-YA
- clause
sha-DA-YIM na-KHO-nu u-se-a-REKH tsi-ME-akh ve-AT e-ROM ve-er-YA
- sentence
re-va-VA ke-TSE-makh ha-sa-DE ne-ta-TIKH va-tir-BI va-tig-de-LI va-ta-VO-i ba-a-DI a-da-YIM sha-DA-YIM na-KHO-nu u-se-a-REKH tsi-ME-akh ve-AT e-ROM ve-er-YA
Exegesis
The concluding coordination veat erom veeryah {וְאַתְּ עֵרֹם וְעֶרְיָה | wə-’at ‘ê-rōm wə-‘er-yāh} contrasts these growth images with naked vulnerability. The English sequence preserves the Hebrew verbal forms and idiomatic expressions to reflect both structure and nuance.
Root and etymology
Root‘-r-m
“to be naked, bare”
In context — Ezekiel 16:7
I made you a multitude like a sprout of the field; you multiplied and grew and came into the fullness of adornments. Your breasts were formed, and your hair grew; yet you remained naked and bare.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:7:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Ezekiel 16:7, so the Hebrew word עֵרֹ֥ם (erom) 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.16.7.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.7.W15.S1) and character.