Ezekiel 16:28:6Ezek.16.28.W6TAB
וַתִּזְנִ֕ים
vatiznim
“and you prostituted yourself”
- Transliteration
- va-tiz-NIM
- Extended
- vah-tihz-NEEM
- IPA
- /vat.tizˈniːm/
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 | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tiz-NIM
- clause
va-tiz-NIM ve-GAM LO sa-VA-at
- 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 repeated wayyiqtol vatiznim {וַתִּזְנִים | wat-tiz-nîm} employs a poetic plural to intensify covenant unfaithfulness.
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 16:28:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 16:28, so the Hebrew word וַתִּזְנִ֕ים (vatiznim) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.28.W6.S1) and character.