Leviticus 26:44:4Lev.26.44.W4TAB
אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֗ם
oyvehhem
“of their enemies”
- Transliteration
- oy-veh-HEM
- Extended
- oy-veh-HEHM
- IPA
- /ʔoj.vɛˈhɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of their 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 | |
| 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
oy-veh-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
beh-EH-rets oy-veh-HEM
- clause
veh-af-gam-ZOT bih-he-yo-TAM beh-EH-rets oy-veh-HEM loh-meh-as-TEEM veh-loh-geh-al-TEEM leh-khahl-lo-TAAM leh-hah-FER beh-ree-TEE it-TAM
- sentence
veh-af-gam-ZOT bih-he-yo-TAM beh-EH-rets oy-veh-HEM loh-meh-as-TEEM veh-loh-geh-al-TEEM leh-khahl-lo-TAAM leh-hah-FER beh-ree-TEE it-TAM KI a-NI Yeh-ho-VAH e-lo-HEE-hem
Exegesis
The circumstantial clause bihyotam be-erets oyveihem {בִּֽהְיוֹתָ֞ם בְּאֶ֣רֶץ אֹֽיְבֵיהֶם | bə-hî-yō-ṯā-m bə-ʾereṣ ʾô-yᵊ-wê-hem} frames the context of exile.
Root and etymology
ʿ-y-bʿ-y-b
“enemy”
In context — Leviticus 26:44
And yet when they are in the land of their enemies, I have not rejected them, nor have I abhorred them so as to destroy them utterly or to break my covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 26:44:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 26:44, so the Hebrew word אֹֽיְבֵיהֶ֗ם (oyvehhem) 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.26.44.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.26.44.W4.S1) and character.