Ezekiel 17:20:11Ezek.17.20.W11TAB
מַעֲל֖וֹ
maalo
“his treachery”
- Transliteration
- ma-a-LO
- Extended
- mah-ah-LOH
- IPA
- /maʕăˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his treachery
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-a-LO
- clause
va-ha-vi-o-TI-hu ba-ve-LA ve-nish-pat-TI i-TO SHAM ma-a-LO a-SHER MA-al-BI
- sentence
u-fa-RAS-ti a-LAV rish-TI ve-nit-PAS bim-tsu-da-TI va-ha-vi-o-TI-hu ba-ve-LA ve-nish-pat-TI i-TO SHAM ma-a-LO a-SHER MA-al-BI
Exegesis
The cognate accusative construction in maalo asher maalbi {מַעֲלוֹ אֲשֶׁר מָעַל־בִּי | ma-ʿă-lō ʾă-šer mā-ʿal-bî} ‘his unfaithfulness which he acted treacherously against me’ intensifies the legal charge. English expands the compact Hebrew verb–object order with connective phrases to preserve both immediacy and judicial gravity.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–ayin–lamed
“to act unfaithfully, betray”
In context — Ezekiel 17:20
And I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon, and I will enter into judgment with him there for his unfaithfulness .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:20:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 17:20, so the Hebrew word מַעֲל֖וֹ (maalo) 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.17.20.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.20.W11.S1) and character.