Ezekiel 14:13:17Ezek.14.13.W17TAB
וּבְהֵמָֽה׃
uvehema
“and beast”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-he-MA
- Extended
- oo-veh-heh-MAA
- IPA
- /uːvɛheːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and beast
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-ve-he-MA
- phraseyour reading level
a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
- clause
ve-hish-lakh-TI-va ra-AV ve-hikh-RAT-ti mim-me-NA a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
- sentence
ben-a-DAM E-rets KI te-khe-TA-li lim-e-AL-ma-AL ve-na-TI-ti ya-DI a-LE-ha ve-sha-VAR-ti LA ma-TE-la-KHEM ve-hish-lakh-TI-va ra-AV ve-hikh-RAT-ti mim-me-NA a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
Exegesis
The construct idiom matte-lechem {מַטֵּה־לָחֶם | maṭṭê-leḥem} ‘staff of bread’ symbolizes sustenance, and the final verbs express total devastation of adam {אָדָם | ʾā-ḏām} and u-vehemah {וּבְהֵמָה | ū-ḇə-hē-māh}.
Root and etymology
RootBet-Heh-Mem
“beast, animal”
In context — Ezekiel 14:13
Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it and break its staff of bread , and send famine into it, and cut off from it both man and beast.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:13:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Ezekiel 14:13, so the Hebrew word וּבְהֵמָֽה׃ (uvehema) 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.14.13.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.13.W17.S1) and character.