Ezekiel 21:22:15Ezek.21.22.W15TABWLC Ezekiel 21:27
עַל־שְׁעָרִ֔ים
alshearim
“against gates”
- Transliteration
- al-she-a-RIM
- Extended
- ahl-sheh-ah-REEM
- IPA
- /kaːˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- against gates
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
al-she-a-RIM
- clause
la-SUM ka-RIM al-she-a-RIM lish-POKH sol-le-LA liv-NOT da-YEK
- sentence
bi-yi-MI-no ha-YA ha-KE-sem ye-ru-sha-LA-yim la-SUM ka-RIM lif-TO-kha PE be-RE-tsakh le-ha-RIM KOL bit-ru-A la-SUM ka-RIM al-she-a-RIM lish-POKH sol-le-LA liv-NOT da-YEK
In context — Ezekiel 21:22
And in his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in slaughter , to lift up the voice with a shout, to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a mound, and to build a siege wall .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:22:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Ezekiel 21:22, so the Hebrew word עַל־שְׁעָרִ֔ים (alshearim) 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.21.22.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.22.W15.S1) and character.