Ezekiel 17:18:4Ezek.17.18.W4TAB
בְּרִ֑ית
berit
“a covenant”
- Transliteration
- be-RIT
- Extended
- beh-RIHT
- IPA
- /bəˈriːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- a covenant
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-RIT
- phraseyour reading level
le-ha-FER be-RIT
- clause
u-va-ZA a-LA le-ha-FER be-RIT
- sentence
u-va-ZA a-LA le-ha-FER be-RIT ve-hin-NE na-TAN YA-do ve-khol-E-le A-SA LO yim-ma-LET
Exegesis
The Hiphil infinitive lehafer {לְהָפֵ֣ר | lə-hā-pêr} ‘to break’ takes berit {בְּרִ֑ית |bə-rît} ‘covenant’ as its direct object, conveying willful violation.
Root and etymology
b-r-tbet–resh–tav
“covenant, agreement”
In context — Ezekiel 17:18
And he despised the oath to break the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand ; and for all these things he will not escape.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 17:18, so the Hebrew word בְּרִ֑ית (berit) 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.17.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.18.W4.S1) and character.