Ezekiel 16:28:1Ezek.16.28.W1TAB
וַתִּזְנִי֙
vatizni
“and you prostituted yourself”
- Transliteration
- va-tiz-NI
- Extended
- vah-tihz-NEE
- IPA
- /vat.tizˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you prostituted yourself
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tiz-NI
- clause
va-tiz-NI el-be-NE a-shur mi-bil-TI sa-ve-a-TEKH
- sentence
va-tiz-NI el-be-NE a-shur mi-bil-TI sa-ve-a-TEKH va-tiz-NIM ve-GAM LO sa-VA-at
Exegesis
The verse begins with the wayyiqtol form vatizni {וַתִּזְנִי | wat-tiz-nî} establishing sequential narrative flow.
In context — Ezekiel 16:28
And you played the harlot with the sons of Assyria, because you were not satisfied ; you even engaged in further harlotries, yet you could not be satisfied.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 16:28, so the Hebrew word וַתִּזְנִי֙ (vatizni) 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.16.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.28.W1.S1) and character.