Ezekiel 20:47:22Ezek.20.47.W22TABWLC Ezekiel 21:3
מִנֶּ֣גֶב
minnegev
“from the Negeb”
- Transliteration
- min-NE-gev
- Extended
- mihn-NEH-gehv
- IPA
- /minˈnɛ.ɣɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the Negeb
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
min-NE-gev
- phraseyour reading level
min-NE-gev tsa-FO-na
- 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
Finally, the Nifal perfect venitzrevu {וְנִצְרְבוּ | və-nitṣ-rə-ḇû} presents the passive result: all faces (kol-panim {כָּל־פָּנִים | kol-pā-nîm}) from the south (minegev {מִנֶּגֶב | min-ne-ḡeḇ}) to the north (tzafonah {צָפֹנָה | ṣā-pō-ná-h}) will be scorched.
Root and etymology
Rootn-g-b
“dry, parched”
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 20:47:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of Ezekiel 20:47, so the Hebrew word מִנֶּ֣גֶב (minnegev) 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.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.47.W22.S1) and character.