Ezekiel 17:16:14Ezek.17.16.W14TAB
הֵפֵ֖ר
hefer
“he broke”
- Transliteration
- he-FER
- Extended
- hee-FEHR
- IPA
- /heːˈfɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- he broke
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-FER
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-SHER he-FER
- clause
khai-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-LO bim-KOM ha-ME-lekh ham-mam-LIKH o-TO a-SHER ba-ZA et-a-LA-to va-a-SHER he-FER et-be-ri-TO
- sentence
khai-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-LO bim-KOM ha-ME-lekh ham-mam-LIKH o-TO a-SHER ba-ZA et-a-LA-to va-a-SHER he-FER et-be-ri-TO it-TO be-TOKH-ba-VEL ya-MUT
Exegesis
Two successive relative clauses asher bazah et-alato {אֲשֶׁר בָּזָה אֶת־אָ֣לָתוֹ | ă·šer bā-zāh ʾet-ʾā-lā-ṯô} and wa-ăšer hefer et-berito {וַאֲשֶׁר הֵפֵר אֶת־בְּרִית֑וֹ | wa-ʾă·šer hē-pêr ʾet-bə-rî-ṯô} supply the reasons, employing perfect verbs to depict covenant violations.
Root and etymology
p-r-rPe–Resh–Resh
“to break, annul”
In context — Ezekiel 17:16
As I live—declares the Lord GOD —surely in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he despised , and whose covenant he broke, with him in the midst of Babylon, he shall die.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Ezekiel 17:16, so the Hebrew word הֵפֵ֖ר (hefer) 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.17.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.16.W14.S1) and character.