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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-he-e-LU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-he-e-LU a-LA-yikh
- clause
ve-he-e-LU a-LA-yikh ka-HAL ve-rag-MU o-TAKH ba-A-ven
- 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 context — Ezekiel 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.