Ezekiel 17:12:17Ezek.17.12.W17TAB
בָּבֶֽלָה׃
bavela
“to Babylon”
- Transliteration
- BA-ve-LA
- Extended
- baa-veh-LAA
- IPA
- /baːvɛˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Babylon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
BA-ve-LA
- clause
e-MOR hi-NE-VA ME-lekh-BA-vel ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yik-KAKH ET-mal-KA ve-ET-sa-RE-ha va-ya-VE o-TAM e-LAV BA-ve-LA
- sentence
e-MAR-NA le-VET ha-ME-ri ha-LO ye-Da-TE-m MA-E-le e-MOR hi-NE-VA ME-lekh-BA-vel ye-ru-sha-LA-im va-yik-KAKH ET-mal-KA ve-ET-sa-RE-ha va-ya-VE o-TAM e-LAV BA-ve-LA
Exegesis
and he brought’ depict the exile sequence, with et-malkah {אֶת־מַלְכָּהּ | ʾet mal-kāh} ‘her king’ and ve-et-sareha {וְאֶת־שָׂרֶיהָ | wə-ʾet sā-rê-hā} ‘and her princes’ as forced direct objects, leading to exilic relocation with otam elav bavelah {אוֹתָם אֵלָיו בָּבֶלָה | ō-thām ʾê-lāw bā-ḇe-lāh} ‘them to him, to Babylon.’ The structure builds through interrogative challenge into prophetic declaration and narrative action, underscoring the certainty of exile.
Root and etymology
b-l-l
“to confuse, mix”
In context — Ezekiel 17:12
Say now to the house of rebellion , "Do you not know what these things mean? Say, 'Behold, the king of Babylon has come to Jerusalem and has taken her king and her princes , and he has brought them to him, to Babylon.'"
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:12:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Ezekiel 17:12, so the Hebrew word בָּבֶֽלָה׃ (bavela) 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.17.12.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.12.W17.S1) and character.