Ezekiel 20:38:5Ezek.20.38.W5TAB
בִּ֔י
bi
“against me”
- Transliteration
- BI
- Extended
- BEE
- IPA
- /ˈbiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- against me
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
BI
- 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
- 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
ṣ-b-ytsade–bet–yod
“beauty, splendor”
In context — Ezekiel 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 20:38:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 20:38, so the Hebrew word בִּ֔י (bi) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.38.W5.S1) and character.