Ezekiel 20:46:5Ezek.20.46.W5TABWLC Ezekiel 21:2

תֵּימָ֔נָה

teimana

southward

Transliteration
tei-ma-NA
Extended
tee-mah-NAA
IPA
/teː.maːˈnaː/

Meaning by language

English
southward

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Result
תֵּי + מָ֔ + נָה
tei + ma + na
teimana

Alphabet Analysis

Tavt as in top
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Memm as in mother
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    tei-ma-NA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    DE-rekh tei-ma-NA

  3. clause

    ben-A-dam SIM pa-NE-kha DE-rekh tei-ma-NA ve-ha-TEF el-da-ROM

  4. sentence

    ben-A-dam SIM pa-NE-kha DE-rekh tei-ma-NA ve-ha-TEF el-da-ROM ve-hin-na-VE el-ya-AR ha-sa-DE NE-gev

Exegesis

The noun phrase derekh teimanah {דֶּרֶךְ תֵּימָנָה | de-reḵ tê-mā-nāh} ‘way of the south’ specifies geographical orientation.

In contextEzekiel 20:46

Son of man , set your face toward the way of the south, and utter a word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the Negev .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 20:46:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 20:46, so the Hebrew word תֵּימָ֔נָה (teimana) 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.20.46.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.46.W5.S1) and character.