Ezekiel 21:7:8Ezek.21.7.W8TABWLC Ezekiel 21:12
אֶל־שְׁמוּעָ֣ה
elshemua
“because of a report”
- Transliteration
- el-she-mu-A
- Extended
- ehl-sheh-moo-AA
- IPA
- /ʔɛlʃəmuːˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of a report
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-she-mu-A
- phraseyour reading level
el-she-mu-A ki-va-A
- 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
- 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 directive wəʼāmarṯā {וְאָמַרְתָּ | wəʼāmarṯā} ‘and you shall say’ introduces the report šəmûwāh {שְׁמוּעָה | šəmûwāh} ‘report/news’, qualified by kî bāʼāh {כִּי בָאָה | kî bāʼāh} ‘for it is coming’.
Root and etymology
š-m-ʿ
“report, announcement”
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 21:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 21:7, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שְׁמוּעָ֣ה (elshemua) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.7.W8.S1) and character.