Ezekiel 21:12:6Ezek.21.12.W6TABWLC Ezekiel 21:17

בְּעַמִּ֔י

beami

against my people

Transliteration
be-a-MI
Extended
beh-ah-MEE
IPA
/bəʕamˈmiː/

Meaning by language

English
against my people

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בְּ + עַ + מִּ֔י
be + a + mi
beami

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-a-MI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    hai-TA be-a-MI

  3. clause

    ze-AK ve-HEI-lel ben-A-DAM ki-HI hai-TA be-a-MI HI be-khol-ne-si-EI yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    ze-AK ve-HEI-lel ben-A-DAM ki-HI hai-TA be-a-MI HI be-khol-ne-si-EI yis-ra-EL me-gu-REI el-KHE-rev ha-YU et-a-MI la-KHEN se-POK el-ya-REKH

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a causal clause with haytah {הָיְתָה | hāy-ṯāh} ‘has come’ governing be-ammi {בְּעַמִּי | bə-ʿam-mî} ‘upon my people’.

In contextEzekiel 21:12

Cry out and wail, son of man, for it has come upon My people; it is against all the princes of Israel; they are handed over to the sword with My people. Therefore strike your thigh .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 21:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 21:12, so the Hebrew word בְּעַמִּ֔י (beami) 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.21.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.12.W6.S1) and character.