Ezekiel 14:9:1Ezek.14.9.W1TAB

וְהַנָּבִ֤יא

vehanavi

and the prophet

Transliteration
ve-ha-na-VI
Extended
veh-hah-nah-VEE
IPA
/vəhan.naːˈviː/

Meaning by language

English
and the prophet

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + הַ + נָּ + בִ֤יא
ve + ha + na + vi
vehanavi

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
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ha-na-VI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ha-na-VI ki-ye-fu-TE

  3. clause

    ve-ha-na-VI ki-ye-fu-TE ve-dib-BER da-VAR a-NI Ye-ho-VAH pi-TEI-ti ET ha-na-VI ha-HU

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-na-VI ki-ye-fu-TE ve-dib-BER da-VAR a-NI Ye-ho-VAH pi-TEI-ti ET ha-na-VI ha-HU ve-na-TI-ti et-ya-DI a-LAV ve-hish-mad-TIV mi-TOKH a-MI yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The verse begins with a conditional protasis vehanavi ki-yeputteh vedibber davar {וְהַנָּבִיא | wə-ha-nā-ḇîʾ} ‘the prophet’, {כִּי־ יְפֻתֶּה | kî-yə-puṭ-teh} ‘he is enticed’, and {וְדִבֶּר | wə-dib-bēr} ‘he speaks’ combined with {דָּבָר | dā-ḇār} ‘word’, establishing prophetic deception.

Root and etymology

Rootnun–bet–aleph

to prophesy

In contextEzekiel 14:9

And if the prophet is enticed and speaks a word, I the LORD have enticed that prophet. I will stretch out my hand upon him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 14:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 14:9, so the Hebrew word וְהַנָּבִ֤יא (vehanavi) 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.14.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.9.W1.S1) and character.