Ezekiel 20:12:2Ezek.20.12.W2TAB
אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתַ֙י֙
etshabbetotai
“the my Sabbaths”
- Transliteration
- ET-shab-be-TOT-ai
- Extended
- EET-shahb-beh-TOHT-ai
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʃab.bəˈtoː.taj/
Meaning by language
- English
- the my Sabbaths
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-shab-be-TOT-ai
- phraseyour reading level
ve-GAM ET-shab-be-TOT-ai
- clause
ve-GAM ET-shab-be-TOT-ai na-TAT-ti la-HEM lih-ye-OT le-OT BE-ni u-VEIN-bei-ne-HEM
- sentence
ve-GAM ET-shab-be-TOT-ai na-TAT-ti la-HEM lih-ye-OT le-OT BE-ni u-VEIN-bei-ne-HEM la-DA-at KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH me-kad-de-SHAM
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks shabbetotai {שַׁבְּתוֹתַי | šab-bə-ṯō-tai} ‘my Sabbaths’ as the direct object of natatti {נָתַתִּי | nā-taṯ-tî} ‘I gave.’
Root and etymology
ש־ב־ת
“to cease, rest”
In context — Ezekiel 20:12
And also, I gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between Me and them, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 20:12, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שַׁבְּתֹתַ֙י֙ (etshabbetotai) 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.20.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.12.W2.S1) and character.