Ezekiel 16:21:4Ezek.16.21.W4TAB
בְּהַעֲבִ֥יר
behaavir
“by causing to pass through”
- Transliteration
- be-ha-a-VIR
- Extended
- beh-hah-ah-VEER
- IPA
- /bəhaʕaˈviːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- by causing to pass through
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-ha-a-VIR
- phraseyour reading level
be-ha-a-VIR o-TAM
- clause
va-tit-te-NIM be-ha-a-VIR o-TAM la-HEM
- sentence
va-tish-kha-TI et-ba-NAI va-tit-te-NIM be-ha-a-VIR o-TAM la-HEM
Exegesis
The Hiphil infinitive construct behaʿavir {בְּהַעֲבִ֥יר | bə-ha-ʿă-ḇîr} ‘in causing to pass’ introduces a circumstantial clause of purpose, reflecting the ritual of fire-passing in child sacrifice.
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 16:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 16:21, so the Hebrew word בְּהַעֲבִ֥יר (behaavir) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.21.W4.S1) and character.