Ezekiel 16:17:12Ezek.16.17.W12TAB
וַתִּזְנִי־בָֽם׃
vatiznivam
“and you prostituted yourself with them”
- Transliteration
- va-tiz-NI-VAM
- Extended
- vah-tihz-NEE-VAAHM
- IPA
- /vat.tizˈniː.βaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you prostituted yourself with them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tiz-NI-VAM
- sentence
va-tik-KHI ke-LE tif-a-re-TEKH miz-ze-ha-VI u-mik-kas-PI a-SHER na-TAT-ti LAKH va-ta-a-SI-LAKH tsal-ME za-KHAR va-tiz-NI-VAM
Exegesis
The final wayyiqtol vattiznivam {וַתִּזְנִי־בָֽם | wattiznî-ḇām} ‘and you prostituted with them’ uses zanah in a metaphorical covenantal betrayal sense. The sequence of wayyiqtol verbs underscores progressive unfaithfulness, while the detailed constructs emphasize the tragic misuse of divine gifts.
In context — Ezekiel 16:17
And you took the ornaments of your beauty from my gold and my silver, which I had given you, and you made for yourself images of men, and you committed adultery with them.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 16:17, so the Hebrew word וַתִּזְנִי־בָֽם׃ (vatiznivam) 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.16.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.17.W12.S1) and character.