Ezekiel 20:9:14Ezek.20.9.W14TAB

לְהוֹצִיאָ֖ם

lehotsiam

to bring them out

Transliteration
le-ho-tsi-AM
Extended
leh-hoh-tsee-AAM
IPA
/ləhoːtsiːˈʔaːm/

Meaning by language

English
to bring them out

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + הוֹ + צִי + אָ֖ם
le + ho + tsi + am
lehotsiam

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-ho-tsi-AM

  2. clause

    a-SHER-HE-ma be-to-KHAM a-SHER no-da-TI a-le-HEM le-e-ne-HEM le-ho-tsi-AM me-ER-ets mits-ra-YIM

  3. sentence

    va-a-AS le-MA-an she-MI le-vil-TI he-KHEL le-e-NE ha-go-YIM a-SHER-HE-ma be-to-KHAM a-SHER no-da-TI a-le-HEM le-e-ne-HEM le-ho-tsi-AM me-ER-ets mits-ra-YIM

Exegesis

Finally, coupling the Niphal perfect nodati {נוֹדַעְתִּי | nō-daʿ-tî} ‘I made known’ with the Hiphil infinitive lehotsiam {לְהוֹצִיאָם | lə-hō-ṣî-ʾām} ‘to bring them out’ links revelation and redemption in a single prophetic act.

Root and etymology

י־צ־א

to bring out, lead forth

In contextEzekiel 20:9

But I acted for the sake of My name , so as not to be profaned before the eyes of the nations among whom they were and in whose sight I made Myself known by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 20:9:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Ezekiel 20:9, so the Hebrew word לְהוֹצִיאָ֖ם (lehotsiam) 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.20.9.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.9.W14.S1) and character.