Ezekiel 20:11:12Ezek.20.11.W12TAB
בָּהֶֽם׃
bahem
“in them”
- Transliteration
- ba-HEM
- Extended
- baa-HEHM
- IPA
- /bɔːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-HEM
- clause
va-KHAI ba-HEM
- sentence
va-ET-NEM la-HEM et-khu-KO-ta-TAI ve-et-mish-PA-ta-TAI ho-DA-ti o-TAM a-SHER ya-a-SE o-TAM ha-a-DAM va-KHAI ba-HEM
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} links proper observance (yaʿaseh otam {יַעֲשֶׂה אֹתָם | ya-ʿă-seh ʾō-ṯām} ‘does them’) with the outcome of life (vachai vahem {וָחַי בָּהֶם | wā-ḥai bā-hēm} ‘he lives in them’). The perfect form with vav-consecutive in vachai denotes a future result, and the prepositional phrase vahem specifies the means of life as obedience to these commandments.
In context — Ezekiel 20:11
And I gave them my statutes and made known to them my judgments, which, if a person does them, he shall live by them.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 20:11, so the Hebrew word בָּהֶֽם׃ (bahem) 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.20.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.11.W12.S1) and character.