Ezekiel 20:47:18Ezek.20.47.W18TABWLC Ezekiel 21:3
לַהֶ֣בֶת
lahevet
“flame”
- Transliteration
- la-HE-vet
- Extended
- lah-HEH-veht
- IPA
- /laˈhɛ.vɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- flame
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-HE-vet
- 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 20:47:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Ezekiel 20:47, so the Hebrew word לַהֶ֣בֶת (lahevet) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.47.W18.S1) and character.