Ezekiel 23:17:4Ezek.23.17.W4TAB
לְמִשְׁכַּ֣ב
lemishkav
“to the bed of”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-KAV
- Extended
- leh-mihsh-KAHV
- IPA
- /ləmiʃˈkav/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the bed of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
le-mish-KAV
- phraseyour reading level
le-mish-KAV do-DIM
- clause
va-ya-VO-u e-LE-ha ve-NE-va-VEL le-mish-KAV do-DIM va-ye-tam-ME-u o-TA be-taz-nu-TAM
- sentence
va-ya-VO-u e-LE-ha ve-NE-va-VEL le-mish-KAV do-DIM va-ye-tam-ME-u o-TA be-taz-nu-TAM va-tit-me-A-VAM va-TE-ka naf-SHA me-HEM
Exegesis
The idiom le-mishkav dodim {לְמִשְׁכַּב דֹּדִים | lə-miškāḇ dō-dîm} ‘for the bed of love’ frames the illicit context.
In context — Ezekiel 23:17
And the sons of Babylon came to her to the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom , and she was defiled by them; and her soul became disgusted with them.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 23:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 23:17, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁכַּ֣ב (lemishkav) 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.23.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.23.17.W4.S1) and character.