Ezekiel 21:7:23Ezek.21.7.W23TABWLC Ezekiel 21:12

אֲדֹנָ֣י

adonai

Lord

Transliteration
a-do-NAI
Extended
ah-doh-NAI
IPA
/ʔădoːˈnaːj/

Meaning by language

English
Lord

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Result
אֲ + דֹ + נָ֣י
a + do + nai
adonai

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-do-NAI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI

  3. clause

    ve-a-MAR-ta el-she-mu-A ki-va-A ve-na-MES kol-LEV ve-ra-FU kol-ya-DA-yim ve-khi-ha-TA kol-RU-akh ve-khol-bir-KA-yim te-LAKH-na MA-yim hi-NE va-A ve-nih-ya-TA ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-YA ki-yo-me-RU e-LE-kha al-MA a-TA ne-e-NAKH ve-a-MAR-ta el-she-mu-A ki-va-A ve-na-MES kol-LEV ve-ra-FU kol-ya-DA-yim ve-khi-ha-TA kol-RU-akh ve-khol-bir-KA-yim te-LAKH-na MA-yim hi-NE va-A ve-nih-ya-TA ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI

Exegesis

The closing hinnēh bāʼāh wə-nihyətāh {הִנָּה בָאָה וְנִהְיָתָה | hinnēh bāʼāh wə-nihyətāh} ‘look, it is coming and it will come to pass’ precedes the prophetic signature nəʼûm ʼădōnāy YHWH {נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה | nəʼûm ʼădōnāy YHWH} ‘utterance of the Lord GOD’, affirming divine authority and certainty.

Root and etymology

Rootʾ-d-n

lord, master

In contextEzekiel 21:7

And when they say to you, “Why are you groaning?” you shall answer, “Because of the report, for it is drawing near: every heart will dissolve, all hands will hang limp; every spirit will sink, and all knees will flow down like water. Look, it is coming, and it will surely take place,” declares the Lord GOD .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 21:7:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Ezekiel 21:7, so the Hebrew word אֲדֹנָ֣י (adonai) 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.21.7.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.7.W23.S1) and character.