Ezekiel 18:32:6Ezek.18.32.W6TAB
נְאֻ֖ם
neum
“utterance of”
- Transliteration
- ne-UM
- Extended
- neh-UHM
- IPA
- /nəˈʔum/
Meaning by language
- English
- utterance of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ne-UM
- clause
KI LO e-kh-POTS be-MOT ha-MET ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
- sentence
KI LO e-kh-POTS be-MOT ha-MET ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI ve-ha-SHI-vu vi-kh-YU
Exegesis
The oracle marker neum {נְאֻם | nəʾum} ‘declaration’ signals the divine oracle, followed by the compound title Adonai YHWH {אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה | ʾăḏōnāy Yə-hō-wāh}, highlighting God’s authority.
Root and etymology
n-ʾ-mNun–Aleph–Mem
“to utter”
In context — Ezekiel 18:32
For I do not desire the death of the one who dies—a declaration of the Lord GOD —so turn back and live.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:32:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 18:32, so the Hebrew word נְאֻ֖ם (neum) 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.18.32.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.32.W6.S1) and character.