Ezekiel 22:9:7Ezek.22.9.W7TAB

וְאֶל־הֶֽהָרִים֙

veelheharim

and to the mountains

Transliteration
ve-EL-he-ha-RIM
Extended
veh-EHL-heh-haa-REEM
IPA
/wəʔɛl.hɛhaːˈriːm/

Meaning by language

English
and to the mountains

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + אֶל + הֶֽ + הָ + רִים֙
ve + el + he + ha + rim
veelheharim

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-EL-he-ha-RIM

  2. clause

    ve-EL-he-ha-RIM a-KHE-lu VAKH zim-MA a-SU be-to-KHEKH

  3. sentence

    an-SHE ra-KHIL ha-YU VAKH le-MA-an she-FAKH-DAM ve-EL-he-ha-RIM a-KHE-lu VAKH zim-MA a-SU be-to-KHEKH

Exegesis

The conjunction ve’el-heharim {וְאֶל־הֶֽהָרִים֙ | wə-ʾel-hē-hā-rîm} ‘and on the mountains’ begins a parallel clause followed by akhlu {אָ֣כְלוּ | ’ā-ḵə-lû} ‘they eat’ and another bakh {בָּ֔ךְ | bā-ḵ} ‘in you,’ suggesting ritual feasting.

In contextEzekiel 22:9

In you are men of slander in order to shed blood, and on the mountains within you they eat; lewdness they commit in your midst.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 22:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 22:9, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־הֶֽהָרִים֙ (veelheharim) 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.22.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.22.9.W7.S1) and character.