Leviticus 26:19:3Lev.26.19.W3TAB
עֻזְּכֶ֑ם
oozkhem
“your strength”
- Transliteration
- ooz-KHEM
- Extended
- ooz-KHEHM
- IPA
- /ʕuz.ˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- your strength
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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
ooz-KHEM
- phraseyour reading level
et-ge-ON ooz-KHEM
- clause
veh-sha-bar-TI et-ge-ON ooz-KHEM
- sentence
veh-sha-bar-TI et-ge-ON ooz-KHEM veh-na-ta-TI et-she-MEE-khem ka-bar-ZEL veh-et-ar-tseh-KHEM ka-ne-khu-SHAA
Exegesis
The construct chain ge’on {גְּאוֹן | gə-’ōn} ‘majesty’ + ’uzzekhem {עֻזְּכֶם | ’uzzə-khem} ‘your strength’ specifies the target of the first action.
Root and etymology
ע־ז־ז
“strength, might”
In context — Leviticus 26:19
And I will break the majesty of your strength and make your heavens like iron and your land like bronze.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 26:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 26:19, so the Hebrew word עֻזְּכֶ֑ם (oozkhem) 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 Lev.26.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.26.19.W3.S1) and character.