Ezekiel 18:29:7Ezek.18.29.W7TAB
אֲדֹנָ֑י
adonai
“the Lord”
- Transliteration
- a-do-NAI
- Extended
- ah-doh-NAI
- IPA
- /ʔădoˈnɔːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Lord
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-do-NAI
- phraseyour reading level
DE-rekh a-do-NAI
- clause
ve-AM-reu BET yis-re-EL LO yit-ta-KHEN DE-rekh a-do-NAI
- sentence
ve-AM-reu BET yis-re-EL LO yit-ta-KHEN DE-rekh a-do-NAI had-de-ra-KHAI LO yit-ta-khe-NU BET yis-re-EL ha-LO dar-khe-KHEM LO yit-ta-KHEN
Exegesis
The construct derekh Adonai {דֶּרֶךְ אֲדֹנָי | de-reḵ ʾă-dō-nāy} indicates divine possession of the way.
Root and etymology
א־ד־ן
“lord; master”
In context — Ezekiel 18:29
And the house of Israel says, “The way of the Lord is not fair .” Are My ways not fair, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not fair?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 18:29, so the Hebrew word אֲדֹנָ֑י (adonai) 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.18.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.29.W7.S1) and character.