Ezekiel 16:31:10Ezek.16.31.W10TAB
הָיִ֥ית
hayit
“you were”
- Transliteration
- ha-YIT
- Extended
- haa-YIHT
- IPA
- /haːˈjiːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- you were
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ha-YIT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-lo-ha-YI-ti ha-YIT ka-zo-NA
- clause
ve-lo-ha-YI-ti ha-YIT ka-zo-NA le-kal-LES et-NAN
- sentence
biv-no-TA-yikh gab-BE-kh be-ROSH kal-DE-rekh ve-ra-ma-TE-kh a-si-TI a-SIT be-khol-re-KHOV ve-lo-ha-YI-ti ha-YIT ka-zo-NA le-kal-LES et-NAN
Exegesis
The contrastive clause velo hayit {וְלֹא־הָיִ֥ית | wə-lōʾ hā-yīt} 'and you were not' kazonah {כַּזּוֹנָ֖ה | kazōnāh} 'like a prostitute' is reinforced by the infinitive lekalles {לְקַלֵּ֥ס | lə-qallēs} 'to spurn' and its object etnan {אֶתְנָֽן | ʾet-nān} 'payment,' marking deliberate refusal. The original Hebrew structure of parallelism and contrast is retained by preserving the repeated prepositional framework before shifting to the negative comparison.
In context — Ezekiel 16:31
In building your mound at the head of every road and erecting your high place in every street, you were not like a prostitute , for you spurned payment .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:31:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 16:31, so the Hebrew word הָיִ֥ית (hayit) 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.16.31.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.31.W10.S1) and character.