Ezekiel 20:17:3Ezek.20.17.W3TAB

עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם

alehem

upon them

Transliteration
a-le-HEM
Extended
ah-leh-HEHM
IPA
/ʕăleːˈhɛm/

Meaning by language

English
upon them

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Result
עֲ + לֵי + הֶ֖ם
a + le + hem
alehem

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-le-HEM

  2. clause

    va-ta-KHAS e-NI a-le-HEM mish-kha-TAM

  3. sentence

    va-ta-KHAS e-NI a-le-HEM mish-kha-TAM ve-LO-a-SI-ti o-TAM ka-LA ba-mid-BAR

Exegesis

The idiom eini alehem {עֵינִי עֲלֵיהֶם | ʿê-nî ʿă-lê-hem} ‘my eye upon them’ conveys watchful favor.

In contextEzekiel 20:17

But I had compassion—my eye spared them—from destroying them, and I did not make them perish in the wilderness .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 20:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 20:17, so the Hebrew word עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (alehem) 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.20.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.17.W3.S1) and character.