Leviticus 26:39:6Lev.26.39.W6TAB
אֹיְבֵיכֶ֑ם
oyveykhem
“your enemies”
- Transliteration
- oy-vey-KHEM
- Extended
- oy-vee-KHEM
- IPA
- /ʔoːj.veːjˈxɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- your enemies
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
oy-vey-KHEM
- clause
veh-han-nish-a-REEM bah-KHEM yim-MA-koo ba-a-vo-NAAM be-ar-TSOT oy-vey-KHEM
- sentence
veh-han-nish-a-REEM bah-KHEM yim-MA-koo ba-a-vo-NAAM be-ar-TSOT oy-vey-KHEM veh-AF ba-a-vo-NOHT a-vo-TAAM it-TAAM yim-MAA-koo
Exegesis
The causal locative baavonam {בַּעֲוֺנָם | ba-ʿă-wo-nām} ‘in their iniquity’ provides motive, and the locative bearzot oyveykhem {בְּאַרְצֹת אֹיְבֵיכֶם | be-’ar-ṣōt ’ōy-ve-ḵem} ‘in the lands of your enemies’ locates the judgment.
Root and etymology
א־י־ב
“enemy”
In context — Leviticus 26:39
And those who remain among you will waste away in their iniquity in the lands of your enemies; and also in the iniquities of their fathers they will waste away with them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 26:39:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 26:39, so the Hebrew word אֹיְבֵיכֶ֑ם (oyveykhem) 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.26.39.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.26.39.W6.S1) and character.