Ezekiel 20:30:12Ezek.20.30.W12TAB
נִטְמְאִ֙ים
nitmeim
“are defiling yourselves”
- Transliteration
- nit-me-IM
- Extended
- niht-meh-EEM
- IPA
- /ʔatˈtɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- are defiling yourselves
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
nit-me-IM
- sentence
la-KHEN e-MOR el-BET yis-ra-EL KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI hab-de-REKH a-vo-te-KHEM a-TEM nit-me-IM ve-a-kha-REI shi-ku-tse-HEM a-TEM zo-NIM
Exegesis
The Nifal participle nitme’im {נִטְמְאִים | niṭ-mə-ʾîm} ‘are defiled’ and the Qal participle zonim {זוֹנִים | zō-nîm} ‘commit harlotry’ express ongoing apostasy.
Root and etymology
ṭ-m-ʾṭet–mem–aleph
“to be unclean”
In context — Ezekiel 20:30
Therefore say to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord GOD —Is it in the way of your fathers that you defile yourselves and after their abominations you commit harlotry?”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:30:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 20:30, so the Hebrew word נִטְמְאִ֙ים (nitmeim) 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.20.30.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.30.W12.S1) and character.