Ezekiel 16:50:1Ezek.16.50.W1TAB
וַֽתִּגְבְּהֶ֔ינָה
vatigbeheina
“and they became proud”
- Transliteration
- va-tig-be-HEI-na
- Extended
- vah-tihg-beh-HEE-nah
- IPA
- /vat.tiɣ.bəˈheːnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they became proud
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-tig-be-HEI-na
- clause
va-tig-be-HEI-na va-ta-e-SI-na to-e-VA le-fa-NAI
- sentence
va-tig-be-HEI-na va-ta-e-SI-na to-e-VA le-fa-NAI va-a-SIR et-HEN ka-a-SHER RA-i-ti
Exegesis
The verse unfolds as a tight causal sequence through two vav-consecutive imperfect verbs: vatigbehena {וַֽתִּגְבְּהֶ֔ינָה | wăttigbəhēnā} “became haughty” followed by vattaʿăśēnā {וַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥ינָה | wăttaʿăśēnā} “did,” both carrying a feminine plural subject referring to Sodom and her daughters.
Root and etymology
g-b-hgimel–bet–heh
“to be high, exalted”
In context — Ezekiel 16:50
And they became haughty and committed abomination before Me . So I removed them as I saw fit.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:50:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 16:50, so the Hebrew word וַֽתִּגְבְּהֶ֔ינָה (vatigbeheina) 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.16.50.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.50.W1.S1) and character.