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
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
be-a-MI
- phraseyour reading level
hai-TA be-a-MI
- 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
- 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 context — Ezekiel 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.