Ezekiel 20:47:17Ezek.20.47.W17TABWLC Ezekiel 21:3
לֹֽא־תִכְבֶּ֣ה
lotikhbe
“it shall not be quenched”
- Transliteration
- LO-ti-kh-BE
- Extended
- LOH-tih-kheh-BEH
- IPA
- /loːθixˈbɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it shall not be quenched
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
LO-ti-kh-BE
- phraseyour reading level
LO-ti-kh-BE la-HE-vet shal-HE-vet
- clause
KOL-ETS-lakh ve-KOL-ETS ya-VESH LO-ti-kh-BE la-HE-vet shal-HE-vet ve-nits-re-VU-va KOL-pa-NIM min-NE-gev tsa-FO-na
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta le-YA-ar han-NE-gev she-MA de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH KO-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI hin-NE-ni ma-TSIT-bek-HA ESH ve-akh-LA bek-HA KOL-ETS-lakh ve-KOL-ETS ya-VESH LO-ti-kh-BE la-HE-vet shal-HE-vet ve-nits-re-VU-va KOL-pa-NIM min-NE-gev tsa-FO-na
Exegesis
The emphatic negative lo tikhbeh lehevet shelehevet {לֹא תִכְבֶּה לֶהָבֶת שְׁלֶהֶבֶת | lōʾ tiḵ-ḇeh le-hā-ḇeṯ šə-le-hé-ḇeṯ} underscores an unquenchable blaze.
In context — Ezekiel 20:47
And you shall say to the forest of the Negev, “Hear the word of the LORD ; thus says the Lord GOD : Behold, I am kindling a fire in you, and it will consume every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north will be scorched by it.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:47:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Ezekiel 20:47, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־תִכְבֶּ֣ה (lotikhbe) 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.20.47.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.47.W17.S1) and character.