Ezekiel 17:20:5Ezek.17.20.W5TAB
בִּמְצֽוּדָתִ֑י
bimtsudati
“in my snare”
- Transliteration
- bim-tsu-da-TI
- Extended
- bihm-tsoo-daa-TEE
- IPA
- /bim.tsuːdaːˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in my snare
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bim-tsu-da-TI
- clause
u-fa-RAS-ti a-LAV rish-TI ve-nit-PAS bim-tsu-da-TI
- 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 paired nouns rishti {רִשְׁתִּי | riš-tî} ‘my net’ and bimetzudati {בִּמְצֽוּדָתִי | bi-mə-ṣu-ḏā-tî} ‘in my snare’ form a legal metaphor of inescapable capture.
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 17:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 17:20, so the Hebrew word בִּמְצֽוּדָתִ֑י (bimtsudati) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.20.W5.S1) and character.