Ezekiel 16:40:1Ezek.16.40.W1TAB

וְהֶעֱל֤וּ

veheelu

and they will bring up

Transliteration
ve-he-e-LU
Extended
veh-heh-eh-LUU
IPA
/vəhɛʕeˈluː/

Meaning by language

English
and they will bring up

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Result
וְ + הֶ + עֱ + ל֤וּ
ve + he + e + lu
veheelu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-he-e-LU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-he-e-LU a-LA-yikh

  3. clause

    ve-he-e-LU a-LA-yikh ka-HAL ve-rag-MU o-TAKH ba-A-ven

  4. sentence

    ve-he-e-LU a-LA-yikh ka-HAL ve-rag-MU o-TAKH ba-A-ven u-vit-te-KUkh be-khar-vo-TAM

Exegesis

The Hiphil verb vehe'elu {וְהֶעֱלוּ | wə-he-'ĕ-lû} “and they will bring up” expresses causative summoning, with the prepositional phrase alayikh {עָלַיִךְ | ʿā-lāyikh} marking the target.

In contextEzekiel 16:40

And they will bring up an assembly against you, and they will stone you with stones , and they will pierce you with their swords.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 16:40:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 16:40, so the Hebrew word וְהֶעֱל֤וּ (veheelu) 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.16.40.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.40.W1.S1) and character.