Ezekiel 18:6:7Ezek.18.6.W7TAB
אֶל־גִּלּוּלֵ֖י
elgillule
“to the idols of”
- Transliteration
- el-gil-lu-LE
- Extended
- ehl-gihl-loo-LEE
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.gil.luːˈleː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the idols of
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-gil-lu-LE
- 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 clause ve-einav lo nasa {וְעֵינָיו֙ לֹא נָשָׂא | wə-ʿê-nāw lō nā-śāʾ} ‘nor lift his eyes’ metaphorically indicates seeking idols, with gillulei {גִּלּוּלֵ֖י | gil-lū-lê} ‘idols’ specifying the objects.
Root and etymology
g-l-l
“idol, object of 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 18:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 18:6, so the Hebrew word אֶל־גִּלּוּלֵ֖י (elgillule) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.6.W7.S1) and character.