Ezekiel 20:16:8Ezek.20.16.W8TAB
חִלְּל֑וּ
khillelu
“they profaned”
- Transliteration
- khil-le-LU
- Extended
- khihl-leh-LOO
- IPA
- /ħil.ləˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they profaned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khil-le-LU
- clause
YA-an be-mish-pe-TAI ma-E-su ve-ET-khu-kO-tai lo-ha-le-KHU ba-HEM ve-ET-shab-be-TO-tai khil-le-LU
- sentence
YA-an be-mish-pe-TAI ma-E-su ve-ET-khu-kO-tai lo-ha-le-KHU ba-HEM ve-ET-shab-be-TO-tai khil-le-LU KI a-kha-RE gil-lu-LE-hem lib-BAM ho-LEKH
Exegesis
The Piel verb chil-le-lu {חִלְּלוּ | ḥil-lə-lū} ‘they profaned’ intensifies the offense by moving from passive disregard to active desecration.
Root and etymology
ח־ל־ל
“to profane, desecrate”
In context — Ezekiel 20:16
Because they despised my judgments and did not walk in my statutes, but they profaned my Sabbaths ; for their heart went after their idols .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 20:16, so the Hebrew word חִלְּל֑וּ (khillelu) 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.20.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.16.W8.S1) and character.