Ezekiel 22:20:9Ezek.22.20.W9TAB
לָפַֽחַת־עָלָ֥יו
lafakhatalav
“to blow upon it”
- Transliteration
- la-fa-KHAT-a-LAV
- Extended
- laa-fah-KHAT-ah-LAAV
- IPA
- /laːfaˈħat.ʕaːˈlaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- to blow upon it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
la-fa-KHAT-a-LAV
- phraseyour reading level
la-fa-KHAT-a-LAV ESH
- clause
ke-vu-TSAT KE-sef u-ne-KHO-shet u-var-ZEL ve-O-fe-ret u-ve-DIL el-TOKH KUR la-fa-KHAT-a-LAV ESH le-han-TIKH
- sentence
ke-vu-TSAT KE-sef u-ne-KHO-shet u-var-ZEL ve-O-fe-ret u-ve-DIL el-TOKH KUR la-fa-KHAT-a-LAV ESH le-han-TIKH KEN e-kBOTS be-a-PI u-va-kha-ma-TI ve-hin-NAKH-ti ve-hit-TAKH-ti et-KHEM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-tōḵ kur {אֶל־תּ֣וֹךְ כּ֔וּר | ʾel-tōḵ ḵûr} ‘into the midst of a furnace’ establishes the setting, followed by the purpose infinitive lafaḥat ʿalav esh lehanthikh {לָפַֽחַת־עָלָ֥יו אֵ֖שׁ לְהַנְתִּ֑יךְ | lā-ṯa-ḥaṯ-ʿā-lāw ēš lə-han-tîḵ} ‘to blow fire upon it to melt it’.
In context — Ezekiel 22:20
As silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin are assembled into a furnace , and fire is blown upon them to liquefy them, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will set you there and melt you.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 22:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 22:20, so the Hebrew word לָפַֽחַת־עָלָ֥יו (lafakhatalav) 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.22.20.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.22.20.W9.S1) and character.