Ezekiel 20:46:7Ezek.20.46.W7TABWLC Ezekiel 21:2
אֶל־דָּר֑וֹם
eldarom
“to the south”
- Transliteration
- el-da-ROM
- Extended
- ehl-daa-ROHM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.daːˈroːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the south
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
el-da-ROM
- clause
ben-A-dam SIM pa-NE-kha DE-rekh tei-ma-NA ve-ha-TEF el-da-ROM
- 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 prepositional phrases el darom {אֶל־דָּרוֹם | ʾel-dā-rōm} ‘to the south’ and el yaar {אֶל־יַעַר | ʾel-ya-ʿar} ‘to the forest’ direct the oracle to specific locations, while the construct ha-sadeh negev {הַשָּׂדֶה נֶגֶב | ha-śā-deh ne-gev} ‘the field of the Negev’ anchors the prophecy in the southern desert. The cumulative sequence of imperatives and destinations underscores the prophet’s movement from orientation to proclamation.
In context — Ezekiel 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 20:46:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 20:46, so the Hebrew word אֶל־דָּר֑וֹם (eldarom) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.46.W7.S1) and character.