Ezekiel 15:2:3Ezek.15.2.W3TAB
עֵץ־הַגֶּ֖פֶן
etshagefen
“wood of the vine”
- Transliteration
- ETS-ha-GE-fen
- Extended
- EETS-hah-GEH-fehn
- IPA
- /ʕeːts.hagˈgɛfɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- wood of the vine
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ETS-ha-GE-fen
- phraseyour reading level
ma-ye-HYE ETS-ha-GE-fen
- clause
ben-A-dam ma-ye-HYE ETS-ha-GE-fen mi-kol-ETS
- sentence
ben-A-dam ma-ye-HYE ETS-ha-GE-fen mi-kol-ETS haz-me-RA a-SHER ha-YA ba-tse hay-YA-ar
Exegesis
The construct etz-hagefen {עֵץ־הַגֶּפֶן | ʿēṣ-hag-ge-fen} ‘wood of the vine’ indicates species, paralleled by ha-zemorah {הַזְּמוֹרָה | ha-zə-mō-rāh} ‘the branch.’
Root and etymology
g-p-ngimel–pe–nun
“vine”
In context — Ezekiel 15:2
Son of man, what is the wood of the vine more than any wood, or the branch that is among the trees of the forest?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 15:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 15:2, so the Hebrew word עֵץ־הַגֶּ֖פֶן (etshagefen) 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.15.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.15.2.W3.S1) and character.