Ezekiel 16:15:8Ezek.16.15.W8TAB
לוֹ־יֶֽהִי׃
loyehi
“it became his”
- Transliteration
- lo-ye-HI
- Extended
- loh-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /loː.jəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it became his
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
lo-ye-HI
- clause
va-tish-pe-KHI et-ta-ze-nu-TAI-yikh al-kol-o-VER lo-ye-HI
- sentence
va-tiv-te-KHI ve-yaf-YEKH va-tiz-NI al-SHE-MEKH va-tish-pe-KHI et-ta-ze-nu-TAI-yikh al-kol-o-VER lo-ye-HI
Exegesis
Finally the result clause lō-ye-hî {לוֹ־יֶהִי | lō-ye-hî} ‘to him it was’ conveys the transfer of possession. The chain of vav-consecutive forms builds rhetorical momentum, underscoring the cumulative nature of Jerusalem’s betrayal.
In context — Ezekiel 16:15
But you trusted in your beauty and became unfaithful because of your name ; you poured out your acts of harlotry upon every passerby—it belonged to him.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 16:15, so the Hebrew word לוֹ־יֶֽהִי׃ (loyehi) 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.16.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.15.W8.S1) and character.