Ezekiel 21:17:6Ezek.21.17.W6TABWLC Ezekiel 21:22
חֲמָתִ֑י
khamati
“my wrath or my fury”
- Transliteration
- kha-MA-ti
- Extended
- khah-MAA-tih
- IPA
- /ħămaːˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my wrath or my fury
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
kha-MA-ti
- clause
ve-gam-a-NI a-KKE KHA-PI el-KHA-PI va-ha-ni-KHO-ti kha-MA-ti
- sentence
ve-gam-a-NI a-KKE KHA-PI el-KHA-PI va-ha-ni-KHO-ti kha-MA-ti a-NI ye-ho-VAH dib-BAR-ti
Exegesis
The next verb vahanichoti {וַהֲנִחֹתִ֖י | wa-hăniḥōtî} ‘and I will cause to rest’ advances the discourse with a result-oriented action: divine wrath is brought to a settled state, expressed by the object chamati {חֲמָתִ֑י | ḥămātî} ‘My fury’.
Root and etymology
consonantsChet–Mem–Heh
“to be hot”
In context — Ezekiel 21:17
I too will strike My hands against My hands, and I will cause My fury to rest; I, the LORD , have spoken.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 21:17, so the Hebrew word חֲמָתִ֑י (khamati) 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.21.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.17.W6.S1) and character.