Ezekiel 16:41:1Ezek.16.41.W1TAB
וְשָׂרְפ֤וּ
vesarfu
“and they will burn”
- Transliteration
- ve-sar-FU
- Extended
- veh-saar-FUU
- IPA
- /vəsɔːrəˈfuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will burn
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sar-FU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sar-FU va-TA-yikh
- clause
ve-sar-FU va-TA-yikh ba-ESH ve-a-SU-va-kh she-fa-TIM le-e-NE na-SHIM ra-BOT
- sentence
ve-sar-FU va-TA-yikh ba-ESH ve-a-SU-va-kh she-fa-TIM le-e-NE na-SHIM ra-BOT ve-hish-ba-TI-kh miz-zo-NA ve-gam-et-NAN LO tit-te-NI-OD
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive prefix in ve-sarfu {וְשָׂרְפ֤וּ | wə-śārə-p̄û} ‘they burned’, indicating sequential narrative flow.
In context — Ezekiel 16:41
And they will burn your houses with fire, and they will execute judgments against you before the eyes of many women. And I will cause you to cease from your harlotry , and you will never give your hire again.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:41:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 16:41, so the Hebrew word וְשָׂרְפ֤וּ (vesarfu) 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.16.41.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.41.W1.S1) and character.