Ezekiel 20:26:3Ezek.20.26.W3TAB
בְּמַתְּנוֹתָ֔ם
bemattenotam
“by their gifts”
- Transliteration
- be-mat-te-no-TAM
- Extended
- beh-maht-teh-noh-TAHM
- IPA
- /bəmatːənoːˈtɑm/
Meaning by language
- English
- by their gifts
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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
be-mat-te-no-TAM
- clause
va-a-tam-ME o-TAM be-mat-te-no-TAM be-ha-a-VIR KAL-PE-ter RA-kham
- sentence
va-a-tam-ME o-TAM be-mat-te-no-TAM be-ha-a-VIR KAL-PE-ter RA-kham le-MA-an a-shim-MEM le-MA-an a-SHER ye-de-U a-SHER a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The instrumental phrase bemattenotam {בְּמַתְּנוֹתָם | bə-mat-tə-nō-tām} ‘by their gifts’ specifies means.
In context — Ezekiel 20:26
And I defiled them through their gifts when they caused to pass every opener of the womb, so that I might devastate them, and in order that they might know that I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 20:26, so the Hebrew word בְּמַתְּנוֹתָ֔ם (bemattenotam) 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.20.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.26.W3.S1) and character.