Ezekiel 14:19:1Ezek.14.19.W1TAB

א֛וֹ

o

or

Transliteration
O
Extended
OH
IPA
/ˈʔoː/

Meaning by language

English
or

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    O

  2. clause

    O DE-ver a-shal-LAKH el-ha-A-rets ha-HI

  3. sentence

    O DE-ver a-shal-LAKH el-ha-A-rets ha-HI ve-sha-FaKH-ti kha-ma-TI a-LE-ha be-DAM le-hakh-RIT mim-ME-na a-DAM u-ve-he-MA

Exegesis

The verse begins with the disjunctive term o {אוֹ | ʾô} ‘or,’ introducing an alternative judgment scenario.

Root and etymology

ʾ-w-taleph–waw–tav

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In contextEzekiel 14:19

Or if I send a pestilence to that land and pour out my wrath upon it with blood to cut off from it man and beast.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 14:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 14:19, 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.14.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.19.W1.S1) and character.