Ezekiel 16:8:7Ezek.16.8.W7TAB
דֹּדִ֔ים
dodim
“of lovings”
- Transliteration
- do-DIM
- Extended
- doh-DEEM
- IPA
- /doːˈdiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of lovings
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
do-DIM
- phraseyour reading level
ET do-DIM
- 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
Exegesis
The interjection wehinneh {וְהִנֵּ֤ה | wə-hin-nēh} ‘and behold’ introduces the evaluation clause ittekh ʿet dodim {עִתֵּךְ עֵת דֹּדִים | ʿit-tēkh ʿēt dō-dîm} ‘your time {was} a time of love’.
Root and etymology
d-w-d
“love, affection”
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 16:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 16:8, so the Hebrew word דֹּדִ֔ים (dodim) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.8.W7.S1) and character.