Ezekiel 20:36:3Ezek.20.36.W3TAB
אֶת־אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֔ם
etavotekhem
“with your fathers”
- Transliteration
- ET-a-vo-TE-khem
- Extended
- EHT-ah-voh-TEE-khehm
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʔăvoːˈteːxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- with your fathers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
ET-a-vo-TE-khem
- clause
ka-a-SHER nish-PAT-ti ET-a-vo-TE-khem ba-mid-BAR E-rets mits-RA-yim
- sentence
ka-a-SHER nish-PAT-ti ET-a-vo-TE-khem ba-mid-BAR E-rets mits-RA-yim KEN esh-POT ET-khem ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
Exegesis
The perfect form nishpatti {נִשְׁפַּטְתִּי | niš-pad-tī} ‘I judged’ portrays completed judgment against avoteikhem {אֲבֹותֵיכֶם | ʾă-vo-tei-khem} ‘your fathers.’
Root and etymology
Rootʼ-b
“father, ancestor”
In context — Ezekiel 20:36
Just as I judged your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will judge you, declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:36:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 20:36, so the Hebrew word אֶת־אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֔ם (etavotekhem) 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.20.36.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.36.W3.S1) and character.