Ezekiel 20:38:3Ezek.20.38.W3TAB

הַמֹּֽרְדִ֤ים

hamordim

the rebels

Transliteration
ha-mor-DIM
Extended
hah-mor-DEEM
IPA
/ham.morˈdiːm/

Meaning by language

English
the rebels

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + מֹּֽרְ + דִ֤ים
ha + mor + dim
hamordim

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Daletd as in door
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-mor-DIM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-mor-DIM ve-ha-po-she-IM

  3. clause

    u-va-ro-TI mi-KEM ha-mor-DIM ve-ha-po-she-IM BI me-E-rets me-gu-re-HEM o-tsi-A o-TAM

  4. sentence

    u-va-ro-TI mi-KEM ha-mor-DIM ve-ha-po-she-IM BI me-E-rets me-gu-re-HEM o-tsi-A o-TAM ve-EL-AD-mat yis-ra-EL LO ya-VO vi-da-TE-M KI-a-NI ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

The participial subjects hamordim {הַמֹּרְדִים | ham-mōr-ḏîm} “the rebels” and vehaposheʿim {וְהַפֹּשְׁעִים | wə-hap-pō-šaʿ-îm} “the transgressors” are specified by the prepositional phrase bi {בִּי | bî} “against Me,” emphasizing personal opposition.

Root and etymology

Rootmem–resh–dalet

to rebel

In contextEzekiel 20:38

And I will purge out from among you the rebels and the transgressors against Me . I will bring them out of the land of their sojournings, but they shall not enter the land of Israel; and you will know that I am the LORD .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 20:38:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 20:38, so the Hebrew word הַמֹּֽרְדִ֤ים (hamordim) 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.20.38.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.38.W3.S1) and character.