Ezekiel 16:18:4Ezek.16.18.W4TAB
וַתְּכַסִּ֑ים
vatekhasim
“and you covered {them}”
- Transliteration
- va-te-kha-SIM
- Extended
- vah-teh-khah-SIHM
- IPA
- /vat.kʰasˈsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you covered {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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-te-kha-SIM
- clause
va-tik-KHI et-big-DE rik-ma-TEKH va-te-kha-SIM
- sentence
va-tik-KHI et-big-DE rik-ma-TEKH va-te-kha-SIM ve-sham-NI u-ke-tar-TI na-ta-TI na-TAT lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
Next, the Piel wayyiqtol vatte-kassim {וַתְּכַסִּים | wat-te-kas-sîm} ‘and you covered them’ intensifies the action and carries a third person masculine plural suffix referring to the idols.
In context — Ezekiel 16:18
And you took your embroidered garments and covered them, and you placed my oil and my incense before them.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 16:18, so the Hebrew word וַתְּכַסִּ֑ים (vatekhasim) 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.16.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.18.W4.S1) and character.