Ezekiel 20:15:12Ezek.20.15.W12TAB
חָלָב֙
khalav
“milk”
- Transliteration
- kha-LAV
- Extended
- khaa-LAAV
- IPA
- /ħaːˈlaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- milk
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
za-VAT kha-LAV
- clause
le-vil-TI ha-VI o-TAM el-ha-A-rets a-sher-na-TI za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH tse-VI HI le-khol-ha-a-ra-TSOT
- sentence
ve-GAM-a-NI na-SA-ti YA-di la-HEM ba-mid-BAR le-vil-TI ha-VI o-TAM el-ha-A-rets a-sher-na-TI za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH tse-VI HI le-khol-ha-a-ra-TSOT
Exegesis
The construct phrase zavat chalav udevash {זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבַשׁ | zā-ˈḇaṯ ḥā-ˈlāḇ ū-ḏə-ˈvāš} ‘flowing with milk and honey’ uses a merism of bounty, and the copular phrase tzevi hi {צְבִי הִיא | ṣə-ˈḇî hî} ‘it is splendor’ underscores the land’s preeminence. The translation renders Hebrew purpose and relative clauses in clear English while preserving the oath’s force and the vivid imagery of abundance.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–lamed–bet
“milk”
In context — Ezekiel 20:15
And also I lifted My hand to them in the wilderness so that I would not bring them into the land that I gave, a land flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:15:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 20:15, so the Hebrew word חָלָב֙ (khalav) 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.20.15.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.15.W12.S1) and character.