Ezekiel 16:25:5Ezek.16.25.W5TAB
וַתְּתַֽעֲבִי֙
vattetaevi
“and you made abominable”
- Transliteration
- vat-te-ta-e-VI
- Extended
- vaht-teh-ta-ah-vee-EE
- IPA
- /vat.tə.ta.ʕaˈviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you made abominable
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
vat-te-ta-e-VI
- clause
el-KAL-ROSH DE-rekh ba-NIT ra-ma-TEKH vat-te-ta-e-VI et-yaf-YEKH vat-te-fas-se-KI et-rag-la-YIKH le-khol-o-VER
- sentence
el-KAL-ROSH DE-rekh ba-NIT ra-ma-TEKH vat-te-ta-e-VI et-yaf-YEKH vat-te-fas-se-KI et-rag-la-YIKH le-khol-o-VER vat-tar-BI et-te-za-na-TEKH taz-nu-ta-YIKH
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperfect vattə-taʿăḇî {וַתְּתַעֲבִי֙ | vattə-taʿăḇî} ‘you caused to be abhorred’ with the direct object marker et yō-p̄êḵ {אֶת־יָפְיֵ֔ךְ | et yō-p̄êḵ} indicates intentional degradation of appearance.
In context — Ezekiel 16:25
At every head of the way you built your high place, and you caused your beauty to be abhorred, and you spread your feet to every passerby, and you multiplied your harlotries .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 16:25, so the Hebrew word וַתְּתַֽעֲבִי֙ (vattetaevi) 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.16.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.25.W5.S1) and character.