Ezekiel 17:20:1Ezek.17.20.W1TAB
וּפָרַשְׂתִּ֤י
ufarasti
“and I will spread”
- Transliteration
- u-fa-RAS-ti
- Extended
- oo-fah-RAHS-tih
- IPA
- /ufaˈraʃtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will spread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
u-fa-RAS-ti
- phraseyour reading level
u-fa-RAS-ti a-LAV
- clause
u-fa-RAS-ti a-LAV rish-TI ve-nit-PAS bim-tsu-da-TI
- sentence
u-fa-RAS-ti a-LAV rish-TI ve-nit-PAS bim-tsu-da-TI va-ha-vi-o-TI-hu ba-ve-LA ve-nish-pat-TI i-TO SHAM ma-a-LO a-SHER MA-al-BI
Exegesis
The verse begins with the waw-consecutive on ufarashti {וּפָרַשְׂתִּי | û-p̄ā-raś-tî} ‘and I will spread,’ establishing sequential prophetic narration.
Root and etymology
Rootpe–resh–shin
“to spread out”
In context — Ezekiel 17:20
And I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare; and I will bring him to Babylon, and I will enter into judgment with him there for his unfaithfulness .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 17:20, so the Hebrew word וּפָרַשְׂתִּ֤י (ufarasti) 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.17.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.20.W1.S1) and character.