Ezekiel 17:12:6Ezek.17.12.W6TAB
מָה־אֵ֑לֶּה
maele
“what these are”
- Transliteration
- MA-E-le
- Extended
- MAA-EE-leh
- IPA
- /ˈmaː.ʔeːl.lɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- what these are
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
MA-E-le
- 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
The interrogative halo {הֲלֹא | hă-lōʾ} ‘is it not’ anticipates affirmation, followed by yedaʿtem mah-ʾelleh {יְדַעְתֶּם מָה־אֵלֶּה | yə-ḏaʿ-tem māh-ʾē-leh} ‘you know what these’ pressing for insight.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–he
“solemn vow”
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 17:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 17:12, so the Hebrew word מָה־אֵ֑לֶּה (maele) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.12.W6.S1) and character.