Ezekiel 20:12:5Ezek.20.12.W5TAB
לִהְיֹ֣ות
lihyeot
“to be”
- Transliteration
- lih-ye-OT
- Extended
- lih-yeh-OHT
- IPA
- /lih.joːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lih-ye-OT
- phraseyour reading level
lih-ye-OT le-OT
- 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 purpose clause is built with the infinitive construct lihyot {לִהְיוֹת | li-hyōt} ‘to be’ plus the prepositional phrase le’ot {לְאוֹת | lə-ʾōṯ} ‘for a sign.’
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 20:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 20:12, so the Hebrew word לִהְיֹ֣ות (lihyeot) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.12.W5.S1) and character.