Ezekiel 21:13:4Ezek.21.13.W4TABWLC Ezekiel 21:18
אִם־גַּם־שֵׁ֥בֶט
imgamshevet
“if also a rod”
- Transliteration
- im-GAM-SHE-vet
- Extended
- ihm-GAHM-SHEE-veht
- IPA
- /ʔim.ɡam.ˈʃeː.vɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- if also a rod
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
im-GAM-SHE-vet
- phraseyour reading level
im-GAM-SHE-vet mo-E-set
- clause
KI BO-khan u-MA im-GAM-SHE-vet mo-E-set LO yih-ye-YE
- sentence
KI BO-khan u-MA im-GAM-SHE-vet mo-E-set LO yih-ye-YE ne-UM a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The particle u-ma {וּמַה | û-ma} ‘and what’ combined with im {אִם־ | ʾim} ‘if’ and intensifier gam {גַּם־ | gam} ‘even’ introduces a rhetorical question.
The Qal perfect verb moasah {מֹאֲסָה | mō-ʾā-sā} ‘you despise’ takes an implied second person subject, expressing the people’s rejection of the shevet {שֵׁבֶט | šē-ḇeṭ} ‘rod’ of authority.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–bet–tav
“rod, scepter”
In context — Ezekiel 21:13
For it is a testing ; and what if you despise the rod? It shall be no more, declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 21:13, so the Hebrew word אִם־גַּם־שֵׁ֥בֶט (imgamshevet) 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.21.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.13.W4.S1) and character.