Ezekiel 16:6:1Ezek.16.6.W1TAB
וָאֶעֱבֹ֤ר
vaevohr
“and I passed by”
- Transliteration
- va-e-VOHR
- Extended
- vaa-eh-VOHR
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔɛˈvoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I passed by
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-e-VOHR
- phraseyour reading level
va-e-VOHR a-LA-yikh
- clause
va-e-VOHR a-LA-yikh va-er-EKH mit-bo-SE-set be-da-MA-yikh
- sentence
va-e-VOHR a-LA-yikh va-er-EKH mit-bo-SE-set be-da-MA-yikh va-o-MAR LAKH be-da-MA-yikh kha-YI va-o-MAR LAKH be-da-MA-yikh kha-YI
Exegesis
The verse opens with two consecutive Qal imperfect verbs vae'evor {וָאֶעֱבֹר | wā-ʾe-ʿĕ-ḇōr} ‘and I passed by’ and vaerekh {וָאֶרְאֵךְ | wā-ʾer-ʾēḵ} ‘and I saw you’, indicating ongoing divine attention.
Root and etymology
RootAyin–Bet–Resh
“to pass over, cross”
In context — Ezekiel 16:6
And I passed over you and saw you wallowing in your blood, and I said to you in your blood, “Live!”—yes, I said to you in your blood, “Live!”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 16:6, so the Hebrew word וָאֶעֱבֹ֤ר (vaevohr) 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.16.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.6.W1.S1) and character.