Ezekiel 16:41:2Ezek.16.41.W2TAB
בָתַּ֙יִךְ֙
vatayikh
“your houses”
- Transliteration
- va-TA-yikh
- Extended
- vaa-TAH-yihkh
- IPA
- /vɔːtˈtajiχ/
Meaning by language
- English
- your houses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-TA-yikh
- 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 construct noun battayikh {בָּתַּיִךְ֙ | bā-ṯa-yyîḵ} ‘your houses’ features a second person feminine singular suffix addressing Jerusalem.
Root and etymology
“daughter”
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 16:41:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 16:41, so the Hebrew word בָתַּ֙יִךְ֙ (vatayikh) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.41.W2.S1) and character.