Ezekiel 16:24:1Ezek.16.24.W1TAB
וַתִּבְנִי־לָ֖ךְ
vativnilakh
“and you built for yourself”
- Transliteration
- va-tiv-NI-lakh
- Extended
- vah-tihv-NEE-laakh
- IPA
- /vat.tivˈniː.laːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you built for yourself
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
va-tiv-NI-lakh
- clause
va-tiv-NI-lakh GEV
- sentence
va-tiv-NI-lakh GEV va-ta-a-SI-lakh ra-MA be-khol-re-KHOV
Exegesis
The verse begins with two parallel vav-consecutive verbs, vatibni-lakh {וַתִּבְנִי־לָךְ | wat-tib-nî-lāḵ} “and you built for yourself” and vata‘asi-lakh {וַתַּעֲשִׂי־לָךְ | wat-ta-ʿă-śî-lāḵ} “and you made for yourself,” both second person feminine singular addressing Jerusalem personified.
In context — Ezekiel 16:24
And you built a mound for yourself and made a high place for yourself in every street .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 16:24, so the Hebrew word וַתִּבְנִי־לָ֖ךְ (vativnilakh) 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.16.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.24.W1.S1) and character.