Ezekiel 16:40:4Ezek.16.40.W4TAB
וְרָגְמ֥וּ
veragmu
“and they will stone”
- Transliteration
- ve-rag-MU
- Extended
- veh-rahg-MUU
- IPA
- /vərɒɣˈmuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will stone
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-rag-MU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-rag-MU o-TAKH
- 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 Qal perfect veragmu {וְרָגְמוּ | wə-rāg-mû} “and they will stone” depicts formal capital punishment using ba'aven {בָּאָבֶן | bā-ʾe-ven} “with the stone,” and the Piel perfect ubittekukh {וּבִתְּקוּךְ | û-ḇit-tə-kûkh} “and they will pierce you” intensifies the violence leading to the instrument becharvotam {בְּחַרְבוֹתָם | bə-ḥar-ḇō-ṯām} “with their swords.” The coordination underscores the inevitability and severity of the judgment.
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 16:40:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 16:40, so the Hebrew word וְרָגְמ֥וּ (veragmu) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.40.W4.S1) and character.