Ezekiel 16:11:1Ezek.16.11.W1TAB
וָאֶעְדֵּ֖ךְ
vaedec
“and I adorned you”
- Transliteration
- va-e-DEC
- Extended
- vaa-eh-DEC
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔɛdˈdeːχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I adorned you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-e-DEC
- clause
va-e-DEC e-DI
- sentence
va-e-DEC e-DI va-et-NA tse-mi-DIM al-ya-DA-yikh ve-ra-VID al-ge-ro-NEKH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav consecutive + Qal imperfect waeddekh {וָאֶעְדֵּךְ | wā-ʾeʿ-dēḵ} ‘and I adorned you’, initiating a sequence of divine actions.
In context — Ezekiel 16:11
And I adorned you with my ornament , and I placed bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your neck.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 16:11, so the Hebrew word וָאֶעְדֵּ֖ךְ (vaedec) 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.16.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.11.W1.S1) and character.