Ezekiel 20:41:16Ezek.20.41.W16TAB
לְעֵינֵ֥י
leene
“before the eyes of”
- Transliteration
- le-e-NE
- Extended
- leh-ee-NEE
- IPA
- /ləʕeːˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- before the eyes of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
le-e-NE
- phraseyour reading level
le-e-NE ha-go-YIM
- 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 final phrase ve-nikdashti ba-khem le-einei ha-goyim {וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּי בָכֶם לְעֵינֵי הַגּוֹיִם | wə-niq-daš-tî ba-khem lə-ʿê-nê hag-gō-yim} uses the Nifal perfect passive to portray God’s holiness being uniquely manifested through Israel before the nations.
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 20:41:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Ezekiel 20:41, so the Hebrew word לְעֵינֵ֥י (leene) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.41.W16.S1) and character.