Ezekiel 20:3:16Ezek.20.3.W16TAB
אִם־אִדָּרֵ֨שׁ
imiddaresh
“if I shall be inquired of”
- Transliteration
- im-id-da-RESH
- Extended
- ihm-ihd-dah-REHSH
- IPA
- /ʔɪm.ʔɪd.daːˈreːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- if I shall be inquired of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-id-da-RESH
- phraseyour reading level
khai-a-NI im-id-da-RESH la-KHEM ne-UM
- clause
khai-a-NI im-id-da-RESH la-KHEM ne-UM a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI
- 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 conditional ʾim-dārōš {אִם־דָּרֹשׁ | ʾim-dārōš} ‘if you inquire’ plus the emphatic infinitive absolute + imperfect ʾēdārēš {אֵדָרֵשׁ | ʾēdārēš} ‘I will inquire’ conveys emphatic refusal rather than affirmation.
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 20:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Ezekiel 20:3, so the Hebrew word אִם־אִדָּרֵ֨שׁ (imiddaresh) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.3.W16.S1) and character.