Ezekiel 18:6:1Ezek.18.6.W1TAB
אֶל־הֶֽהָרִים֙
elhaheharim
“to the mountains”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-he-ha-RIM
- Extended
- ehl-hah-heh-hah-REEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hɛhaˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the mountains
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-he-ha-RIM
- clause
el-ha-he-ha-RIM LO a-KHAL ve-e-NAIV LO na-SA el-gil-lu-LE BET yis-ra-EL
- sentence
el-ha-he-ha-RIM LO a-KHAL ve-e-NAIV LO na-SA el-gil-lu-LE BET yis-ra-EL ve-et-E-shet re-E-hu LO tim-ME ve-el-ish-SHA nid-DA LO yik-RAV
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-heharim {אֶל־הֶֽהָרִים֙ | ʾel he-hā-rîm} ‘upon the mountains’ denotes high places for idol worship.
In context — Ezekiel 18:6
He does not eat upon the mountains , nor lift his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor defile the wife of his neighbor, nor approach a woman in her menstrual impurity .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 18:6, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הֶֽהָרִים֙ (elhaheharim) 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.18.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.6.W1.S1) and character.