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

Result
אֶת + יָפְ + יֵ֔ךְ
et + yaf + yekh
etyafyekh

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Pep with dagesh; f without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    et-yaf-YEKH

  2. 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

  3. 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 contextEzekiel 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.