Ezekiel 14:13:9Ezek.14.13.W9TAB
וְשָׁבַ֥רְתִּי
veshavarti
“and I break”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-VAR-ti
- Extended
- veh-shaa-VAHR-tee
- IPA
- /vəʃaːˈvar.tːiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I break
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sha-VAR-ti
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-VAR-ti LA
- clause
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
- 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
A series of vav-consecutives (ve-natiti {וְנָטִיתִי | wə-nāṭî-tî}, ve-shavarti {וְשָׁבַרְתִּי | wə-šāḇar-tî}, ve-hishlachti-bah {וְהִשְׁלַחְתִּי־בָהּ | wə-hišlāḥ-tî-bāh}, ve-hichrati {וְהִכְרַתִּי | wə-hiḵ-rā-tî}) marks sequential divine actions.
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 14:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 14:13, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁבַ֥רְתִּי (veshavarti) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.13.W9.S1) and character.