Ezekiel 20:31:12Ezek.20.31.W12TAB
לָכֶם֙
lakhem
“by you”
- Transliteration
- la-KHEM
- Extended
- laa-KHEHM
- IPA
- /laːˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- by you
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-KHEM
- sentence
u-vi-se-ET mat-te-no-TE-khem be-ha-a-VIR be-ne-KHEM ba-ESH at-TEM nit-me-IM le-khol-gil-lu-le-KHEM ad-ha-YOM va-a-NI id-da-RESH la-KHEM BET yis-ra-EL khai-a-NI ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-id-da-RESH la-KHEM
Exegesis
The rhetorical question formed by ’ēdāreš la-khem {אֵדָרֵשׁ לָכֶם | ʾē-ḏā-rēš lā-ḵem} ‘will I be inquired of by you’ is reinforced by the oath ḥay-anî {חַי־אָנִי | ḥay-ʾā-nî} ‘as I live’, underscoring divine resolve.
In context — Ezekiel 20:31
And when you present your gifts and cause your sons to pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, declares the Lord GOD , I will not be inquired of by you.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:31:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 20:31, so the Hebrew word לָכֶם֙ (lakhem) 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.20.31.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.31.W12.S1) and character.