Ezekiel 16:8:21Ezek.16.8.W21TAB
וַתִּ֥הְיִי
vatiheyi
“and you became”
- Transliteration
- va-ti-HE-yi
- Extended
- vah-tih-HEH-yee
- IPA
- /vat.tihˈjiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you became
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
va-ti-HE-yi
- phraseyour reading level
va-ti-HE-yi LI
- clause
va-e-sha-VA LAKH va-a-VO vi-ve-RIT o-TAKH ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI va-ti-HE-yi LI
- sentence
va-e-VOR a-LA-yikh va-e-REKH ve-hin-NE i-TEKH ET do-DIM va-ef-ROS ke-na-FI a-LA-yikh va-a-kha-SE e-re-va-TEKH va-e-sha-VA LAKH va-a-VO vi-ve-RIT o-TAKH ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI va-ti-HE-yi LI
In context — Ezekiel 16:8
I passed by you and saw you, and behold, it was the season of love, and I spread my wing over you and covered your nakedness . I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord GOD , and you became mine.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:8:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Ezekiel 16:8, so the Hebrew word וַתִּ֥הְיִי (vatiheyi) 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.16.8.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.8.W21.S1) and character.