Ezekiel 16:14:5Ezek.16.14.W5TAB
בְּיָפְיֵ֑ךְ
beyofyekh
“because of your beauty”
- Transliteration
- be-yof-YEKH
- Extended
- beh-yoof-YEEKH
- IPA
- /bəjofˈjeːχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of your beauty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
be-yof-YEKH
- clause
va-ye-TSE LAKH SHEM ba-go-YIM be-yof-YEKH
- sentence
va-ye-TSE LAKH SHEM ba-go-YIM be-yof-YEKH KI ka-LIL HU ba-ha-da-RI a-SHER-sam-TI a-LA-yikh ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The clause beyofyekh {בְּיָפְיֵ֑ךְ | bə-yā-phyə-ḵ} ‘because of your beauty’ linked by ki {כִּ֣י | kî} ‘for’ provides causal force, further modified by the adjective kalil {כָּלִ֣יל | kā-lîl} ‘perfect’.
Root and etymology
y-p-hyod–pe–he
“beauty, pleasantness”
In context — Ezekiel 16:14
And your renown went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendor which I placed upon you, declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 16:14, so the Hebrew word בְּיָפְיֵ֑ךְ (beyofyekh) 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.16.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.14.W5.S1) and character.