Ezekiel 17:13:9Ezek.17.13.W9TAB
בְּאָלָ֔ה
beala
“into an oath-curse”
- Transliteration
- be-a-LA
- Extended
- beh-ah-LAA
- IPA
- /bəʔaˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- into an oath-curse
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
be-a-LA
- clause
va-ya-VE o-TO be-a-LA ve-et-E-LE ha-A-rets la-KAKH
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH mi-ZE-ra ha-me-lu-KHA va-yikh-ROT i-TO be-RIT va-ya-VE o-TO be-a-LA ve-et-E-LE ha-A-rets la-KAKH
Exegesis
Then vayyave oto bealah {וַיָּבֵ֤א אֹתוֹ֙ בְּאָלָ֔ה | wayyāvē ʾōtō bəʾālāh} ‘and he brought him under oath’ portrays formal commitment via oath.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–he
“solemn vow”
In context — Ezekiel 17:13
And he took from the royal seed and made a covenant with him; he brought him under an oath and also took the mighty ones of the land.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 17:13, so the Hebrew word בְּאָלָ֔ה (beala) 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.17.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.13.W9.S1) and character.