Ezekiel 16:20:7Ezek.16.20.W7TAB
וַתִּזְבָּחִ֥ים
vatizbakhim
“and you sacrificed them”
- Transliteration
- va-tiz-ba-KHIM
- Extended
- vah-tihz-baa-KHEEM
- IPA
- /vat.tiz.baːˈħiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you sacrificed 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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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-tiz-ba-KHIM
- phraseyour reading level
va-tiz-ba-KHIM la-HEM
- 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.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥzayin–bet–chet
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
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 16:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 16:20, so the Hebrew word וַתִּזְבָּחִ֥ים (vatizbakhim) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.20.W7.S1) and character.