Ezekiel 20:15:8Ezek.20.15.W8TAB
אוֹתָ֜ם
otam
“them”
- Transliteration
- o-TAM
- Extended
- oh-TAAM
- IPA
- /ʔoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
o-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
le-vil-TI ha-VI o-TAM
- 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 purpose clause introduced by levilti {לְבִלְתִּי | lə-ḇil-tî} ‘in order not to’ governs the Hiphil infinitive havi {הָבִיא | hā-ˈvî} ‘to bring’, with otam {אוֹתָם | ō-ˈtām} ‘them’ as object.
Root and etymology
א־ו־ת
“sign, mark”
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 20:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 20:15, so the Hebrew word אוֹתָ֜ם (otam) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.15.W8.S1) and character.