Ezekiel 13:11:5Ezek.13.11.W5TAB

הָיָ֣ה

haya

there will be

Transliteration
ha-YA
Extended
haa-YAA
IPA
/haːˈjaː/

Meaning by language

English
there will be

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Result
הָ + יָ֣ה
ha + ya
haya

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-YA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ha-YA GE-shem sho-TEF

  3. clause

    ha-YA GE-shem sho-TEF ve-a-TE-na av-NE el-ga-VISH tip-POL-na ve-RU-akh se-a-ROT te-vak-KE-a

  4. sentence

    e-MOR el-ta-KHE ta-FEL ve-yip-POL ha-YA GE-shem sho-TEF ve-a-TE-na av-NE el-ga-VISH tip-POL-na ve-RU-akh se-a-ROT te-vak-KE-a

Exegesis

The clause hā-yāh ge-šêm šō-ṭêp̄ {הָיָה גֶּשֶׁם שׁוֹטֵף | hā-yāh ge-šem šō-ṭêp̄} positions the perfect hā-yāh ‘will be’ before the noun ge-šêm ‘rain’ and participle šō-ṭêp̄ ‘overflowing,’ creating an emphatic future sense.

Root and etymology

h-y-hh-y-h

to be, exist

In contextEzekiel 13:11

Say to those who plaster with whitewash that it will fall. There will surely be an overflowing rain, and you great hailstones will fall, and a stormy wind will break through it.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 13:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 13:11, so the Hebrew word הָיָ֣ה (haya) 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.13.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.11.W5.S1) and character.