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

Result
וַ + תִּזְ + נִ֕ים
va + tiz + nim
vatiznim

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Zayinz as in zero
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-tiz-NIM

  2. clause

    va-tiz-NIM ve-GAM LO sa-VA-at

  3. 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 contextEzekiel 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.