Ezekiel 16:8:10Ezek.16.8.W10TAB
עָלַ֔יִךְ
alayikh
“over you”
- Transliteration
- a-LA-yikh
- Extended
- aa-LAH-yihkh
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈlajix/
Meaning by language
- English
- over you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LA-yikh
- clause
va-e-VOR a-LA-yikh va-e-REKH ve-hin-NE i-TEKH ET do-DIM va-ef-ROS ke-na-FI a-LA-yikh va-a-kha-SE e-re-va-TEKH
- sentence
va-e-VOR a-LA-yikh va-e-REKH ve-hin-NE i-TEKH ET do-DIM va-ef-ROS ke-na-FI a-LA-yikh va-a-kha-SE e-re-va-TEKH va-e-sha-VA LAKH va-a-VO vi-ve-RIT o-TAKH ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI va-ti-HE-yi LI
In context — Ezekiel 16:8
I passed by you and saw you, and behold, it was the season of love, and I spread my wing over you and covered your nakedness . I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord GOD , and you became mine.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 16:8, so the Hebrew word עָלַ֔יִךְ (alayikh) 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.16.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.8.W10.S1) and character.