Ezekiel 20:41:12Ezek.20.41.W12TAB
נְפֹצֹתֶ֖ם
nefotsotem
“you were scattered”
- Transliteration
- ne-fo-TSO-tem
- Extended
- neh-foh-TSOH-tehm
- IPA
- /nəfoːˈtsoːtɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- you were scattered
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ne-fo-TSO-tem
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ne-fo-TSO-tem
- sentence
be-RE-akh ni-KHO-akh e-RTSE et-KHEM be-ho-TSI-i et-KHEM min-ha-a-MIM ve-ki-BATS-ti et-KHEM min-ha-a-ra-TSOT a-SHER ne-fo-TSO-tem BAM ve-nik-da-SHTI ba-KHEM le-e-NE ha-go-YIM
Exegesis
The relative clause asher nifotzetem bam {אֲשֶׁר נִפֹצֹתֶם בָּם | ʾă-šer nif-ō-ṣō-tem bām} situates the act in the exile context.
In context — Ezekiel 20:41
I will accept you as a pleasing fragrance when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you have been scattered, and I will be sanctified in you before the eyes of the nations.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:41:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 20:41, so the Hebrew word נְפֹצֹתֶ֖ם (nefotsotem) 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.20.41.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.41.W12.S1) and character.