Ezekiel 20:26:8Ezek.20.26.W8TAB
אֲשִׁמֵּ֔ם
ashimmem
“I might make them desolate”
- Transliteration
- a-shim-MEM
- Extended
- ah-shihm-MEHM
- IPA
- /ʔaʃ.imːeˈm/
Meaning by language
- English
- I might make them desolate
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-shim-MEM
- phraseyour reading level
le-MA-an a-shim-MEM
- clause
le-MA-an a-shim-MEM le-MA-an a-SHER ye-de-U a-SHER a-NI ye-ho-VAH
- 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
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 20:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 20:26, so the Hebrew word אֲשִׁמֵּ֔ם (ashimmem) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.26.W8.S1) and character.