Ezekiel 23:27:9Ezek.23.27.W9TAB
אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
alehem
“to them”
- Transliteration
- a-le-HEM
- Extended
- ah-leh-HEHm
- IPA
- /ʔăleːˈhem/
Meaning by language
- English
- to them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-le-HEM
- clause
ve-lo-ti-se-I e-NA-yikh a-le-HEM u-mits-RA-yim LO tiz-ke-RI-OD
- sentence
ve-hish-bat-TI zim-ma-TEKH mim-MEKH ve-et-ze-nu-TEKH me-E-rets mits-RA-yim ve-lo-ti-se-I e-NA-yikh a-le-HEM u-mits-RA-yim LO tiz-ke-RI-OD
Exegesis
Two consecutive vav+lo imperfect clauses, ve-lo-tisi eineikh aleihem {וְלֹֽא־תִשְׂאִ֤י עֵינַ֙יִךְ֙ אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם | wə-lō-ti-śî ʿê-na-yiḵ ʾă-lê-hem} and u-mitzrayim lo tizkeri-od {וּמִצְרַ֖יִם לֹ֥א תִזְכְּרִי־עֽוֹד׃ | û-miṣ-rā-yim lō tiz-kə-rî-ʿôḏ}, form a chiastic parallelism emphasizing complete severance of desire and memory.
In context — Ezekiel 23:27
And I will put an end to your lewdness from you and your harlotry from the land of Egypt, and you will not lift up your eyes to them any longer, nor remember Egypt anymore.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 23:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 23:27, so the Hebrew word אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם (alehem) 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.23.27.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.23.27.W9.S1) and character.