Ezekiel 16:6:3Ezek.16.6.W3TAB
וָֽאֶרְאֵ֔ךְ
vaerekh
“and I saw you”
- Transliteration
- va-er-EKH
- Extended
- vaa-ehr-EEKH
- IPA
- /vaː.ʔɛrˈʔeːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I saw you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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-er-EKH
- 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.
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 16:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 16:6, so the Hebrew word וָֽאֶרְאֵ֔ךְ (vaerekh) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.6.W3.S1) and character.