Ezekiel 21:22:3Ezek.21.22.W3TABWLC Ezekiel 21:27

הַקֶּ֣סֶם

hakesem

“the divination”

Transliteration: ha-KE-sem
Extended: hah-KEH-sehm

Meaning by language

English: the divination

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Result

הַ + קֶּ֣ + סֶם

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ha + ke + sem

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hakesem

Alphabet Analysis

	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Qof	q — deep k, uvular
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Samekh	s as in sit
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
ha-KE-sem
phraseyour reading level
ha-YA ha-KE-sem ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
clause
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
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

Exegesis

Hayah {הָיָה | hā-yāh} ‘was’ introduces ha-qesem {הַקֶּסֶם | ha-qe-sem} ‘the divination,’ whose object yerushalayim {יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם | yə-rû-ša-láyim} ‘Jerusalem’ marks the target. A coordinated series of preposition + infinitive constructs (lasum, liftoach, leharim, lasim, lispol, livnot) outlines siege actions as nominal commands.

Root and etymology

q-s-mqof–samekh–mem

“divination”

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 21:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 21:22, so the Hebrew word הַקֶּ֣סֶם (hakesem) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.22.W3.S1) and character.

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