Ezekiel 18:26:6Ezek.18.26.W6TAB
עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם
alehem
“because of them”
- Transliteration
- a-le-HEM
- Extended
- ah-leh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʕăleːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-le-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
u-MET a-le-HEM
- clause
be-SHUV-tsa-DIK mits-tsid-ka-TO ve-a-SA A-vel u-MET a-le-HEM
- sentence
be-SHUV-tsa-DIK mits-tsid-ka-TO ve-a-SA A-vel u-MET a-le-HEM be-av-LO a-SHER-a-SA ya-MUT
Exegesis
Next ū-met {וּמֵ֣ת | ū-mēt} ‘and he died’ denotes the consequence, with ʿaleihem {עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם | ʿă-lê-hem} ‘upon them’ pointing back to those injustices.
In context — Ezekiel 18:26
When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and commits injustice , and he dies because of it, he will die for the wrongdoing he has done.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 18:26, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם (alehem) 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.18.26.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.26.W6.S1) and character.