Ezekiel 16:25:6Ezek.16.25.W6TAB
אֶת־יָפְיֵ֔ךְ
etyafyekh
“{direct object marker} your beauty”
- Transliteration
- et-yaf-YEKH
- Extended
- eht-yaaf-YEHKH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.jaːfˈjeːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object marker} your beauty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
et-yaf-YEKH
- 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.
Root and etymology
y-p-hyod–pe–he
“beauty, pleasantness”
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 16:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 16:25, so the Hebrew word אֶת־יָפְיֵ֔ךְ (etyafyekh) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.25.W6.S1) and character.