Ezekiel 15:6:9Ezek.15.6.W9TAB

הַיַּ֔עַר

hayaar

the forest

Transliteration
ha-ya-AR
Extended
hah-yah-AHR
IPA
/hajˈjaʕar/

Meaning by language

English
the forest

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + יַּ֔ + עַר
ha + ya + ar
hayaar

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ya-AR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-ETS ha-ya-AR

  3. clause

    la-KHEN KO a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI ka-a-SHER ETS-ha-GE-fen be-ETS ha-ya-AR a-sher-ne-ta-TI-v la-ESH le-a-khe-LA

  4. sentence

    la-KHEN KO a-MAR a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VI ka-a-SHER ETS-ha-GE-fen be-ETS ha-ya-AR a-sher-ne-ta-TI-v la-ESH le-a-khe-LA KEN na-TAT-ti et-yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-im

Exegesis

The construct chain etz-ha-gefen {עֵץ-הַגֶּפֶן | ’êṣ–ha-ḡê-pen} ‘wood of the vine’ in b’etz ha-ya’ar {בְּעֵץ הַיַּעַר | bĕ-’êṣ–ha-ya-’ar} ‘among the trees of the forest’ sets up the comparison.

In contextEzekiel 15:6

Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD : “As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for consuming , so have I given the inhabitants of Jerusalem.”

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 15:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 15:6, so the Hebrew word הַיַּ֔עַר (hayaar) 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.15.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.15.6.W9.S1) and character.