Ezekiel 21:6:8Ezek.21.6.W8TABWLC Ezekiel 21:11
לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃
leenehem
“before their eyes”
- Transliteration
- le-e-NE-hem
- Extended
- leh-ee-NEE-hehm
- IPA
- /ləʕeː.neːˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- before their eyes
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
le-e-NE-hem
- clause
be-shiv-RON mat-NA-yim u-ve-mar-ri-ROT te-a-NAKH le-e-NE-hem
- sentence
ve-a-TA ven-a-DAM he-a-NAKH be-shiv-RON mat-NA-yim u-ve-mar-ri-ROT te-a-NAKH le-e-NE-hem
Exegesis
The closing lə-ʿênêhem {לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם | lə-ʿênêhem} ‘before their eyes’ makes the act deliberately public, marking it as a visible portent for the onlookers.
Root and etymology
עיןAyin–Yod–Nun
“eye, seeing”
In context — Ezekiel 21:6
And you, Son of Man, sigh with the breaking of your loins, and with bitterness you shall sigh before their eyes.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 21:6, so the Hebrew word לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ (leenehem) 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.21.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.6.W8.S1) and character.