Ezekiel 16:20:3Ezek.16.20.W3TAB

וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙

veetbenotayikh

“and {direct object} your daughters”

Transliteration: ve-et-be-NO-ta-yikh
Extended: veh-eht-beh-NOH-taa-yikh
IPA: /vəʔɛt.bənoːˈtaː.jiχ/

Meaning by language

English: and {direct object} your daughters

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + אֶת + בְּ + נוֹ + תַ֙ + יִךְ֙

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ve + et + be + no + ta + yikh

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veetbenotayikh

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Tav	t as in top
	Bet	b with dagesh; v without dagesh
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Nun	n as in new
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Tav	t as in top
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	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
ve-et-be-NO-ta-yikh
phraseyour reading level
et-ba-NA-yikh ve-et-be-NO-ta-yikh
clause
va-tik-KHI et-ba-NA-yikh ve-et-be-NO-ta-yikh a-SHER ya-LAD-te LI va-tiz-ba-KHIM la-HEM le-e-KHOL
sentence
va-tik-KHI et-ba-NA-yikh ve-et-be-NO-ta-yikh a-SHER ya-LAD-te LI va-tiz-ba-KHIM la-HEM le-e-KHOL ha-me-AT me-tse-nat-ekh mit-taz-nu-TA-yikh

Exegesis

The vav wayyiqtol form vatikhi {וַתִּקְחִ֞י | wat-tiqqôṯ} links this accusation to the preceding context; the repeated direct object marker et {אֶת־ | et} and parallel nouns banayikh {בָּנַיִךְ | ba-na-yikh} and benotayikh {בְּנוֹתַיִךְ | be-no-ta-yikh} intensify the charge; the infinitive construct le-e-khol {לֶאֱכֹל | le-ʾe-khol} serves as a purpose clause for the sacrificial act described by vatizbachim {וַתִּזְבָּחִ֥ים | wat-tiz-ba-ḥîm}; and the chiastic pairing of mittaznutekh {מִתַּזְנוּתָ֥ךְ | mit-taz-nu-tekh} and mittaznutayikh {מִתַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ | mit-taz-nu-ta-yikh} around the rhetorical question introduced by hameat {הַמְעַט | ham-me-ʿaṭ} heightens the cumulative indictment of spiritual unfaithfulness.

In context — Ezekiel 16:20

And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore to Me , and you sacrificed them to be consumed. Is this of your whoredoms not a small matter?

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 16:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 16:20, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־בְּנוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ (veetbenotayikh) 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.16.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.20.W3.S1) and character.

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