Ezekiel 20:40:7Ezek.20.40.W7TAB
אֲדֹנָ֣י
adonai
“Lord”
- Transliteration
- a-do-NAI
- Extended
- ah-doh-NAI
- IPA
- /nəˈʔum/
Meaning by language
- English
- Lord
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-do-NAI
- phraseyour reading level
a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
- clause
KI be-har-kod-SHI be-HAR me-ROM yis-ra-EL ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI SHAM ya-a-ve-DU-ni kol-BET yis-ra-EL ku-LO ba-A-rets SHAM er-tse-HEM ve-SHAM ed-ROSH et-te-ru-mo-TE-khem
- sentence
KI be-har-kod-SHI be-HAR me-ROM yis-ra-EL ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI SHAM ya-a-ve-DU-ni kol-BET yis-ra-EL ku-LO ba-A-rets SHAM er-tse-HEM ve-SHAM ed-ROSH et-te-ru-mo-TE-khem ve-et-re-SHIT mas-o-TE-khem be-khol-kod-she-KHEM
Exegesis
The declarative neum Adonai YHWH {נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה | nə-ʾum ʾă-ḏō-nāy Yə-hō-wāh} asserts authoritative speech.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–dalet–nun
“lord”
In context — Ezekiel 20:40
For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel, declares the Lord GOD , there all the house of Israel, every one of them, shall serve Me in the land; there I will accept them, and there I will require your offerings and firstfruits, with all your holy things .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:40:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 20:40, so the Hebrew word אֲדֹנָ֣י (adonai) 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.20.40.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.40.W7.S1) and character.