Ezekiel 20:22:11Ezek.20.22.W11TAB
אוֹתָ֖ם
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
a-sher-ho-tse-TI o-TAM
- clause
le-vil-TI he-KHEL le-e-NE ha-go-YIM a-sher-ho-tse-TI o-TAM le-e-NE-hem
- sentence
va-ha-shi-VO-ti ET-YA-di va-a-AS le-MA-an she-MI le-vil-TI he-KHEL le-e-NE ha-go-YIM a-sher-ho-tse-TI o-TAM le-e-NE-hem
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾă-šer hō-ṣē-ʾê-tî ʾô-tām lə-ʿê-ney-hem {אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִי אוֹתָם לְעֵינֵיהֶם | ʾă-šer hō-ṣē-ʾê-tî ʾô-tām lə-ʿê-ney-hem} situates the action in the exodus narrative.
Root and etymology
א־ו־ת
“sign, mark”
In context — Ezekiel 20:22
But I withheld my hand and acted for the sake of my name , in order that it would not be profaned before the eyes of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:22:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 20:22, so the Hebrew word אוֹתָ֖ם (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.20.22.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.22.W11.S1) and character.