Ezekiel 20:3:11Ezek.20.3.W11TAB
הֲלִדְרֹ֕שׁ
halidrosh
“to inquire”
- Transliteration
- ha-lid-ROSH
- Extended
- hah-lihd-ROHSH
- IPA
- /hălɪdˈroːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to inquire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-lid-ROSH
- clause
ha-lid-ROSH o-TI a-TEM ba-IM
- sentence
ben-A-dam da-BER et-zik-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-MAR-ta a-LE-hem KO a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI ha-lid-ROSH o-TI a-TEM ba-IM khai-a-NI im-id-da-RESH la-KHEM ne-UM a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI
Exegesis
The interrogative infinitive halidrosh {הֲלִדְרֹשׁ | halîḏrōš} ‘to inquire’, object ʾōṯî {אֹתִי | ʾōṯî} ‘me’, and participle bāʾîm {בָּאִים | bāʾîm} ‘coming’ frame the question of purpose.
Root and etymology
Rootdalet–resh–shin
“seek, inquire”
In context — Ezekiel 20:3
Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, “Thus says the Lord GOD : Is it to inquire of Me that you have come? As I live , I will not be inquired of by you, declares the Lord GOD.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 20:3, so the Hebrew word הֲלִדְרֹ֕שׁ (halidrosh) 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.20.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.3.W11.S1) and character.