Ezekiel 21:7:4Ezek.21.7.W4TABWLC Ezekiel 21:12
עַל־מָ֖ה
alma
“about what”
- Transliteration
- al-MA
- Extended
- ahl-MAA
- IPA
- /ʕalˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- about what
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
al-MA
- clause
ve-ha-YA ki-yo-me-RU e-LE-kha al-MA a-TA ne-e-NAKH
- 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 construction yōʼmərū ʼēlêkā {יֹאמְרוּ אֵלֶיךָ | yōʼmərū ʼēlêkā} ‘they will say to you’ frames the audience’s inquiry, and ʿal-māh {עַל־מָה | ʿal-māh} ‘concerning what’ is followed by the Niphal participle nĕʼănāḥ {נֶאֶנָּח | nĕʼănāḥ} ‘you groan’, an involuntary emotional response.
In context — Ezekiel 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 21:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 21:7, so the Hebrew word עַל־מָ֖ה (alma) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.7.W4.S1) and character.