Ezekiel 13:19:1Ezek.13.19.W1TAB
וַתְּחַלֶּלְ֨נָה
vattekhalelna
“and you profaned”
- Transliteration
- vat-te-kha-lel-NA
- Extended
- vaht-teh-khah-lehl-NAA
- IPA
- /vat.tə.ħalˈlɛl.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you profaned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vat-te-kha-lel-NA
- phraseyour reading level
vat-te-kha-lel-NA o-TI
- clause
vat-te-kha-lel-NA o-TI el-am-MI be-sha-a-LE se-o-RIM u-vif-to-TE LE-khem le-ha-MIT ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER lo-te-mu-TE-na u-le-kha-YOT ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER lo-ti-khe-YE-na
- sentence
vat-te-kha-lel-NA o-TI el-am-MI be-sha-a-LE se-o-RIM u-vif-to-TE LE-khem le-ha-MIT ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER lo-te-mu-TE-na u-le-kha-YOT ne-fa-SHOT a-SHER lo-ti-khe-YE-na be-khaz-zev-KHEM le-am-MI sho-me-E kha-ZAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with the feminine plural verb vatechalelna {וַתְּחַלֶּלְ֨נָה | wa-ṯə-ḥal-lēl-nāh} ‘and you have profaned,’ indicating the addressees desecrate the divine presence.
Root and etymology
Rootḥ-l-l
“to profane, desecrate”
In context — Ezekiel 13:19
And you have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to put to death souls who should not die and to keep alive souls who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 13:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 13:19, so the Hebrew word וַתְּחַלֶּלְ֨נָה (vattekhalelna) 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.13.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.19.W1.S1) and character.