Ezekiel 14:15:6Ezek.14.15.W6TAB

וְהָיְתָ֤ה

vehayeta

and it becomes

Transliteration
ve-ha-ye-TA
Extended
veh-haa-yeh-TAA
IPA
/vəhajəˈtaː/

Meaning by language

English
and it becomes

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Result
וְ + הָ + יְ + תָ֤ה
ve + ha + ye + ta
vehayeta

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ha-ye-TA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ha-ye-TA she-ma-MA

  3. clause

    ve-ha-ye-TA she-ma-MA mi-be-LI o-VER mi-pe-NE ha-kha-YA

  4. sentence

    lu-kha-YA ra-A a-a-VEER ba-A-rets ve-shi-ke-LA-ta ve-ha-ye-TA she-ma-MA mi-be-LI o-VER mi-pe-NE ha-kha-YA

Exegesis

The Piel perfect ve-shiklāttā {וְשִׁכְּלָ֑תָּה | wə-šik-kə-lā-tāh} ‘and it bereaves’ signals complete annihilation of inhabitants, leading to the Qal perfect ve-haytāh shemamah {וְהָיְתָ֤ה שְׁמָמָה֙ | wə-hā-yə-ṯāh šə-mā-māh} ‘and it becomes desolation’.

In contextEzekiel 14:15

If I cause an evil beast to pass through the land and it bereaves it , and it becomes desolate with no one passing through because of the beast .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 14:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 14:15, so the Hebrew word וְהָיְתָ֤ה (vehayeta) 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.14.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.15.W6.S1) and character.