Ezekiel 20:29:9Ezek.20.29.W9TAB
שְׁמָהּ֙
shema
“its name”
- Transliteration
- she-MA
- Extended
- sheh-MAA
- IPA
- /ʃəˈmaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- its name
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-MA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-ka-RE she-MA
- clause
va-yik-ka-RE she-MA ba-MA AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
va-o-MAR a-le-HEM MA ha-ba-MA a-SHER-a-TEM ha-ba-IM SHAM va-yik-ka-RE she-MA ba-MA AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The clause vayikarei shemah bamah {וַיִּקָּרֵא שְׁמָה בָּמָה | wa-yiq-qā-rêʾ šə-māh bā-māh} employs the Niphal wayyiqtol to express passive naming, emphasizing the relationship between the site and its name.
In context — Ezekiel 20:29
And I said to them, "What is Bamah to which you are coming ?" So its name has been called Bamah up to this day.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:29:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 20:29, so the Hebrew word שְׁמָהּ֙ (shema) 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.20.29.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.29.W9.S1) and character.