Ezekiel 21:15:6Ezek.21.15.W6TABWLC Ezekiel 21:20
עַ֖ל
al
“upon”
- Transliteration
- AL
- Extended
- AHL
- IPA
- /ˈʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
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AL
- sentence
le-MA-an la-MOG LEV ve-har-BE ha-mik-sho-LIM AL KOL-sha-a-re-HEM na-TA-ti iv-khat-KHA-rev AKH a-su-YA le-va-RAK me-u-TA le-TA-vakh
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ʿal kol-sheʿareihem {עַל כָּל־שְׁעָרֵיהֶם | ʿal kol-šə-ʿā-rê-hem} ‘upon all their gates’ localizes judgment to entry points.
In context — Ezekiel 21:15
So that their heart may faint, and to multiply the stumbling blocks at all their gates, I have set the flashing blade, sharpened for slaughter and prepared.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 21:15, so the Hebrew word עַ֖ל (al) 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.21.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.15.W6.S1) and character.