Ezekiel 17:3:16Ezek.17.3.W16TAB
אֶל־הַלְּבָנ֔וֹן
elhallevanon
“to Lebanon”
- Transliteration
- el-hal-le-va-NON
- Extended
- ehl-hahl-leh-vah-NOHN
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hal.ləvaːˈnoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Lebanon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-hal-le-va-NON
- clause
BA el-hal-le-va-NON va-yik-KAKH et-tsam-ME-ret ha-A-rez
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta ko-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH ha-NE-sher ha-ga-DOL ge-DOL ha-ke-na-FA-yim E-rekh ha-E-ver ma-LE ha-no-TSA a-sher-LO ha-rik-MA BA el-hal-le-va-NON va-yik-KAKH et-tsam-ME-ret ha-A-rez
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–he
“solemn vow”
In context — Ezekiel 17:3
And you shall say: “Thus says the Lord GOD , the great eagle, great in wings, long in pinion, full of feathers that had the variegation , came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Ezekiel 17:3, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַלְּבָנ֔וֹן (elhallevanon) 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.17.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.3.W16.S1) and character.