Ezekiel 16:21:1Ezek.16.21.W1TAB
וַֽתִּשְׁחֲטִ֖י
vatishkhati
“and you slaughtered”
- Transliteration
- va-tish-kha-TI
- Extended
- vah-tihsh-khah-TIH
- IPA
- /vat.tiʃ.ħaˈtːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you slaughtered
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
va-tish-kha-TI
- clause
va-tish-kha-TI et-ba-NAI
- sentence
va-tish-kha-TI et-ba-NAI va-tit-te-NIM be-ha-a-VIR o-TAM la-HEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the wayyiqtol verb vattishḥati {וַֽתִּשְׁחֲטִ֖י | wa-ttish-cha-Tî} ‘and you slaughtered’, a Qal form with the vav consecutive that introduces past narrative action addressed to the feminine subject.
Root and etymology
ש־ח־ט
“to slaughter, kill”
In context — Ezekiel 16:21
And you slaughtered my sons and gave them over when you caused them to pass through for them.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 16:21, so the Hebrew word וַֽתִּשְׁחֲטִ֖י (vatishkhati) 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.16.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.21.W1.S1) and character.