Ezekiel 16:22:9Ezek.16.22.W9TAB
בִּֽהְיוֹתֵךְ֙
biheyotekh
“when you were”
- Transliteration
- bi-he-yo-TEKH
- Extended
- bih-heh-yoh-TEEKH
- IPA
- /bi.hə.joːˈt̪eːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- when you were
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
bi-he-yo-TEKH
- clause
bi-he-yo-TEKH e-ROM ve-er-YA mit-bo-SE-set be-da-MEKH ha-YIT
- sentence
ve-ET kol-to-a-vo-TA-yikh ve-taz-nu-TA-yikh LO za-khar-TI ZA-khar-te et-ye-ME ne-u-ra-YIKH bi-he-yo-TEKH e-ROM ve-er-YA mit-bo-SE-set be-da-MEKH ha-YIT
Exegesis
The temporal clause biheyoteikh {בִּהְיוֹתֵךְ | bihəyōṯēyikh} ‘in being you’ sets the scene for erom ve-eryah {עֵרֹם וְעֶרְיָה | ʿērōm wə-ʿeriyyāh} ‘naked and bare.’
In context — Ezekiel 16:22
And concerning all your abominations and your whoredoms, you did not remember the days of your youth , when you were naked and bare, wallowing in your blood .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 16:22, so the Hebrew word בִּֽהְיוֹתֵךְ֙ (biheyotekh) 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.16.22.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.22.W9.S1) and character.