Ezekiel 20:23:6Ezek.20.23.W6TAB
לְהָפִ֤יץ
lehafits
“to scatter”
- Transliteration
- le-ha-FITS
- Extended
- leh-haa-FEETS
- IPA
- /ləhaːˈfits/
Meaning by language
- English
- to scatter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-ha-FITS
- phraseyour reading level
le-ha-FITS o-TAM
- clause
le-ha-FITS o-TAM ba-go-YIM u-le-za-ROT o-TAM ba-a-ra-TSOT
- sentence
gam-a-NI na-sa-TI et-ya-DI la-HEM ba-mid-BAR le-ha-FITS o-TAM ba-go-YIM u-le-za-ROT o-TAM ba-a-ra-TSOT
Exegesis
A coordinated Hiphil infinitive construct sequence—le-hafitz {לְהָפִיץ | lə-hā-fîṣ} ‘to scatter’ and u-lezarot {וּלְזָרוֹת | u-lə-zā-rōṯ} ‘to disperse’—expresses parallel divine purposes, each followed by otam {אֹתָם | ʾō-tām} ‘them’, intensifying personal consequence.
Root and etymology
Rootpe–waw–tsade
“to scatter, disperse”
In context — Ezekiel 20:23
Also I swore to them in the wilderness , to scatter them among the nations and to disperse them in the lands.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 20:23, so the Hebrew word לְהָפִ֤יץ (lehafits) 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.20.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.23.W6.S1) and character.