Ezekiel 17:14:1Ezek.17.14.W1TAB
לִֽהְיוֹת֙
lihheyot
“to be”
- Transliteration
- lih-he-YOT
- Extended
- lih-heh-YOHT
- IPA
- /lih.jɔˈt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
lih-he-YOT
- clause
lih-he-YOT mam-la-KHA she-fa-LA le-vil-TI hit-na-SE
- sentence
lih-he-YOT mam-la-KHA she-fa-LA le-vil-TI hit-na-SE lish-MOR et-be-ri-TO le-am-da
Exegesis
Lihyot {לִֽהְיוֹת | li-hyôt} ‘to be’ introduces a purpose clause with mamlakhah {מַמְלָכָה | mam-la-khah} as the implicit subject.
In context — Ezekiel 17:14
This was to make the kingdom lowly so that it would not lift itself up, but would keep its covenant and stand.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 17:14, so the Hebrew word לִֽהְיוֹת֙ (lihheyot) 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.17.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.14.W1.S1) and character.