Ezekiel 20:14:5Ezek.20.14.W5TAB
הֵחֵ֙ל
hekhel
“it being profaned, or to begin to be profaned”
- Transliteration
- he-KHEL
- Extended
- hee-KHEHL
- IPA
- /heːˈħeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- it being profaned, or to begin to be profaned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-KHEL
- clause
le-vil-TI he-KHEL le-e-NE ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-tse-TIM le-e-NE-hem
- sentence
va-e-E-SE le-MA-an she-MI le-vil-TI he-KHEL le-e-NE ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-tse-TIM le-e-NE-hem
Exegesis
The combined negative infinitive le-velti hechel {לְבִלְתִּי הֵחֵל | lə-viḇl-tî he-chel} ‘so as not to be profaned’ forms an idiomatic purpose clause.
Root and etymology
ח־ל־ל
“to profane, dishonor”
In context — Ezekiel 20:14
But I acted for the sake of My name so that it would not be profaned before the eyes of the nations to whom I brought them out .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 20:14, so the Hebrew word הֵחֵ֙ל (hekhel) 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.20.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.14.W5.S1) and character.