Ezekiel 20:23:7Ezek.20.23.W7TAB
אֹתָם֙
otam
“them”
- Transliteration
- o-TAM
- Extended
- oh-TAHM
- IPA
- /ʔoːˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
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.
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 20:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 20:23, so the Hebrew word אֹתָם֙ (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.20.23.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.23.W7.S1) and character.