Ezekiel 14:17:1Ezek.14.17.W1TAB
א֛וֹ
o
“or”
- Transliteration
- O
- Extended
- OH
- IPA
- /ˈʔoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- or
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
O
- clause
O KHE-rev a-VI al-ha-A-rets ha-HI
- sentence
O KHE-rev a-VI al-ha-A-rets ha-HI ve-a-MAR-ti KHE-rev ta-a-VOR ba-A-rets ve-hikh-RAT-ti mim-ME-na a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the disjunctive particle o {אוֹ | ʾô} ‘or,’ presenting an alternative conditional clause.
Root and etymology
ʾ-w-taleph–waw–tav
“sign”
In context — Ezekiel 14:17
Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, “Sword, pass through the land,” and I cut off from it both human and beast .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 14:17, so the Hebrew word א֛וֹ (o) 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.14.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.17.W1.S1) and character.