Ezekiel 16:27:5Ezek.16.27.W5TAB
וָאֶגְרַ֖ע
vaegra
“and I diminished”
- Transliteration
- va-eg-RA
- Extended
- vaa-ehg-RAA
- IPA
- /waːʔɛɣˈraːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I diminished
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
va-eg-RA
- 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
A vav-consecutive sequence natiti {נָטִיתִי | nā-ṭî-tî} ‘I have stretched’ (Qal perfect) followed by vaegra {וָאֶגְרַע | wā-ʾe-graʿ} ‘and I diminished’ (Qal imperfect with vav consecutive) establishes a step-by-step portrayal of divine action.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–ayin
“evil”
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 16:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 16:27, so the Hebrew word וָאֶגְרַ֖ע (vaegra) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.27.W5.S1) and character.