Ezekiel 20:23:9Ezek.20.23.W9TAB
וּלְזָר֖וֹת
ulezarot
“and to scatter”
- Transliteration
- u-le-za-ROT
- Extended
- oo-leh-za-ROHT
- IPA
- /uːləzaˈroːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to scatter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
u-le-za-ROT
- 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 20:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 20:23, so the Hebrew word וּלְזָר֖וֹת (ulezarot) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.23.W9.S1) and character.