Ezekiel 14:8:2Ezek.14.8.W2TAB
פָנַ֜י
panai
“my face”
- Transliteration
- pa-NAI
- Extended
- pah-NAI
- IPA
- /faˈnaːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- my face
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
pa-NAI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-na-TAT-ti pa-NAI
- clause
ve-na-TAT-ti pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU va-ha-si-mo-TI-hu le-OT ve-lim-sha-LIM ve-hikh-ra-TIV mi-TOKH a-MI
- sentence
ve-na-TAT-ti pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU va-ha-si-mo-TI-hu le-OT ve-lim-sha-LIM ve-hikh-ra-TIV mi-TOKH a-MI vi-da-TEHM ki-a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive perfect venatati {וְנָתַתִּ֨י | wə-nā-ta-tî} panai {פָנַ֜י | pā-nay} 'set my face', an idiom denoting determined opposition.
Root and etymology
p-n-hpe–nun–he
“face”
In context — Ezekiel 14:8
And I will set my face against that man, and I will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people, and you shall know that I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 14:8, so the Hebrew word פָנַ֜י (panai) 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.14.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.8.W2.S1) and character.