Ezekiel 17:8:4Ezek.17.8.W4TAB
רַבִּ֖ים
rabim
“many”
- Transliteration
- ra-BIM
- Extended
- rah-BEEM
- IPA
- /rabˈbiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- many
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ra-BIM
- phraseyour reading level
el-ma-YIM ra-BIM
- clause
el-sa-DE TOV el-ma-YIM ra-BIM HI she-tu-LA
- sentence
el-sa-DE TOV el-ma-YIM ra-BIM HI she-tu-LA la-a-SOT a-NAF ve-la-SET PE-ri lih-ye-OT le-GE-fen a-DA-ret
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prepositional phrase el-sadeh tov el-mayim rabbim {אֶל־שָׂ֥דֶה טּ֛וֹב אֶל־מַ֥יִם רַבִּ֖ים | ʾel-sā-deh ṭōv ʾel-ma-yim ra-ḇim} ‘to a good field and to abundant waters,’ which establishes an irrigated planting context.
In context — Ezekiel 17:8
She was planted in a good field by many waters , to produce a branch and to bear fruit, and to become a noble vine .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 17:8, so the Hebrew word רַבִּ֖ים (rabim) 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.17.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.8.W4.S1) and character.