Ezekiel 20:17:6Ezek.20.17.W6TAB
אוֹתָ֔ם
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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The word
Word in context
- word
o-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-a-SI-ti o-TAM
- clause
ve-LO-a-SI-ti o-TAM ka-LA ba-mid-BAR
- sentence
va-ta-KHAS e-NI a-le-HEM mish-kha-TAM ve-LO-a-SI-ti o-TAM ka-LA ba-mid-BAR
Root and etymology
א־ו־ת
“sign, mark”
In context — Ezekiel 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 20:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 20:17, so the Hebrew word אוֹתָ֔ם (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.20.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.17.W6.S1) and character.