Ezekiel 17:12:3Ezek.17.12.W3TAB
הַמֶּ֔רִי
hameri
“the rebellion”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-ri
- Extended
- hah-MEH-rih
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the rebellion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ME-ri
- phraseyour reading level
le-VET ha-ME-ri
- clause
e-MAR-NA le-VET ha-ME-ri ha-LO ye-Da-TE-m MA-E-le
- 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
Then the address to lebeit ha-meri {לְבֵית הַמֶּרִי | lə-ḇêṯ ham-merî} ‘the house of rebellion’ frames Israel as a defiant community.
Root and etymology
m-r-h
“rebellion, defiance”
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 17:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 17:12, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֔רִי (hameri) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.12.W3.S1) and character.