Ezekiel 20:12:6Ezek.20.12.W6TAB
לְאֹ֔ות
leot
“as a sign”
- Transliteration
- le-OT
- Extended
- leh-OHT
- IPA
- /ləˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a sign
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
le-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.’
Root and etymology
א־ו־ת
“sign, mark”
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 20:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 20:12, so the Hebrew word לְאֹ֔ות (leot) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.12.W6.S1) and character.