Ezekiel 20:32:2Ezek.20.32.W2TAB
עַל־ר֣וּחֲכֶ֔ם
alrukhakhem
“upon your spirit or mind”
- Transliteration
- al-RU-kha-khem
- Extended
- ahl-ROO-khah-khehm
- IPA
- /ʕal.ruː.ħăˈχɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon your spirit or mind
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced '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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The word
Word in context
- word
al-RU-kha-khem
- clause
ve-ha-o-LA al-RU-kha-khem ha-YO LO tih-he-YE
- sentence
ve-ha-o-LA al-RU-kha-khem ha-YO LO tih-he-YE a-SHER a-TEM o-me-RIM nih-he-YE kha-go-YIM khe-mish-pe-KHOT ha-a-ra-TSOT le-sha-RET ETS va-A-ven
Exegesis
The construct al-ruachakhem {עַל־רוּחֲכֶם | ʿal-rū-ḥa-ḵêm} ‘upon your mind(s)’ uses maqqef to join preposition and noun, denoting personal intent.
Root and etymology
r-w-ḥ
“wind, spirit, mind, intention”
In context — Ezekiel 20:32
And the thought that has arisen in your minds will not come to pass—that which you are saying: “We will be like the nations, like the clans of the lands, to serve wood and stone.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:32:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 20:32, so the Hebrew word עַל־ר֣וּחֲכֶ֔ם (alrukhakhem) 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.20.32.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.32.W2.S1) and character.