Ezekiel 16:27:1Ezek.16.27.W1TAB
וְהִנֵּ֨ה
vehinneh
“and behold”
- Transliteration
- ve-hin-NEH
- Extended
- veh-hihn-NEH
- IPA
- /wəhinˈnɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and behold
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-hin-NEH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hin-NEH na-TI-ti ya-DI
- clause
ve-hin-NEH na-TI-ti ya-DI a-LA-yikh va-eg-RA khu-KEKH
- sentence
ve-hin-NEH na-TI-ti ya-DI a-LA-yikh va-eg-RA khu-KEKH va-et-NEKH be-NE-fesh so-ne-O-ta-yikh be-NOT pe-lish-TIM ha-nikh-la-MOT mi-dar-KEKH zim-MA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the interjection vehinneh {וְהִנֵּה | wə-hin-nēh} ‘behold’.
In context — Ezekiel 16:27
And behold, I have stretched out My hand over you and have diminished your allotted portion, and I gave you over to the desire of those who hate you—the daughters of the Philistines, who are humiliated because of your lewd way .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 16:27, so the Hebrew word וְהִנֵּ֨ה (vehinneh) 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.16.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.27.W1.S1) and character.