Ezekiel 22:28:4Ezek.22.28.W4TAB
תָּפֵ֔ל
tafel
“whitewash”
- Transliteration
- ta-FEL
- Extended
- taa-FEHL
- IPA
- /taːˈfɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- whitewash
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ta-FEL
- clause
u-ne-vi-e-HA TA-khu la-HEM ta-FEL kho-ZIM SHA-ve ve-kos-me-MIM la-HEM ka-ZAV
- sentence
u-ne-vi-e-HA TA-khu la-HEM ta-FEL kho-ZIM SHA-ve ve-kos-me-MIM la-HEM ka-ZAV o-me-RIM KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI va-ye-ho-VAH LO di-BER
Exegesis
The verb tachu {טָח֤וּ | ṭā-ḥû} ‘they have daubed’ governs the noun tapel {תָּפֵ֔ל | tā-p̄ēl} ‘whitewash’ with the prepositional phrase lahem {לָהֶם֙ | lā-hem} ‘for them’, portraying concealment of wrongdoing.
Root and etymology
ṭ-p-lṭ-p-l
“to plaster, cover”
In context — Ezekiel 22:28
Her prophets have covered them with whitewash, seeing vanity and practicing divination, saying, “Thus says the Lord GOD ,” though the LORD has not spoken.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 22:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 22:28, so the Hebrew word תָּפֵ֔ל (tafel) 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.22.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.22.28.W4.S1) and character.