Ezekiel 14:17:10Ezek.14.17.W10TAB
וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י
vehikhratti
“and I cut off”
- Transliteration
- ve-hikh-RAT-ti
- Extended
- veh-hihkh-RAHT-tih
- IPA
- /vəhiχˈrat.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I cut off
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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-hikh-RAT-ti
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hikh-RAT-ti mim-ME-na
- clause
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
- 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 Hifil perfect ve-hichrati {וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י | wə-hiḵ-ra-tî} ‘and I cut off’ follows, with mimena {מִמֶּ֖נָּה | mim-men-nāh} marking the source of destruction: adam {אָדָם | ʾā-dām} and uvehemah {וּבְהֵמָה | u-ḇə-hê-māh}. The parallel pairing underscores the totality of divine judgment.
Root and etymology
k-r-tkaf–resh–tav
“to cut off”
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 14:17:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 14:17, so the Hebrew word וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י (vehikhratti) 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.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.17.W10.S1) and character.