Ezekiel 17:16:3Ezek.17.16.W3TAB

אֲדֹנָ֣י

adonai

Lord

Transliteration
a-do-NAI
Extended
ah-doh-NAI
IPA
/ʔădoːˈnaːj/

Meaning by language

English
Lord

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֲ + דֹ + נָ֣י
a + do + nai
adonai

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-do-NAI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI

  3. clause

    khai-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-LO bim-KOM ha-ME-lekh ham-mam-LIKH o-TO a-SHER ba-ZA et-a-LA-to va-a-SHER he-FER et-be-ri-TO

  4. sentence

    khai-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-LO bim-KOM ha-ME-lekh ham-mam-LIKH o-TO a-SHER ba-ZA et-a-LA-to va-a-SHER he-FER et-be-ri-TO it-TO be-TOKH-ba-VEL ya-MUT

Exegesis

This is followed by the oracle marker neum Adonai YHWH {נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה | nə'ûm ă·dō·nāy Yəhôwāh} ‘declaration of the Lord GOD’, establishing the speaker’s authority.

Root and etymology

ʾ-d-naleph–dalet–nun

lord, master

In contextEzekiel 17:16

As I live—declares the Lord GOD —surely in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he despised , and whose covenant he broke, with him in the midst of Babylon, he shall die.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 17:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 17:16, so the Hebrew word אֲדֹנָ֣י (adonai) 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.17.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.16.W3.S1) and character.