Ezekiel 16:9:5Ezek.16.9.W5TAB
מֵֽעָלָ֑יִךְ
mealayikh
“from upon you”
- Transliteration
- me-a-la-YIKH
- Extended
- mee-aa-laa-YIHKH
- IPA
- /meː.ʕaː.laˈjix/
Meaning by language
- English
- from upon you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
me-a-la-YIKH
- clause
va-er-kha-TSEKH ba-ma-YIM va-esh-TOF da-ma-YIKH me-a-la-YIKH
- sentence
va-er-kha-TSEKH ba-ma-YIM va-esh-TOF da-ma-YIKH me-a-la-YIKH va-a-su-KHEKH ba-sha-MEN
Exegesis
The second verb va'eshtof {וָאֶשְׁטֹף | wā-ʾeš-ṭōp̄} ‘I rinsed’ takes the object damayikh {דָּמַיִךְ | dā-ma-yiḵ} ‘your blood’ with mealayikh {מֵעָלָיִךְ | mē-ʿā-lā-yiḵ} ‘from upon you’, intensifying purification.
In context — Ezekiel 16:9
I washed you with water, rinsed your blood from upon you, and anointed you with oil.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 16:9, so the Hebrew word מֵֽעָלָ֑יִךְ (mealayikh) 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.16.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.9.W5.S1) and character.