Ezekiel 13:11:7Ezek.13.11.W7TAB
שׁוֹטֵ֗ף
shotef
“flooding”
- Transliteration
- sho-TEF
- Extended
- shoh-TEEF
- IPA
- /ʃoːˈtˤeːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- flooding
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sho-TEF
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YA GE-shem sho-TEF
- 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
- 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
Rootshin–tet–pe
“to overflow”
In context — Ezekiel 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 13:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 13:11, so the Hebrew word שׁוֹטֵ֗ף (shotef) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.11.W7.S1) and character.