Ezekiel 17:21:10Ezek.17.21.W10TAB
וִידַעְתֶּ֕ם
vidatehm
“and you will know”
- Transliteration
- vi-da-TEHM
- Extended
- vih-dah-TEHM
- IPA
- /vidɑʕˈtɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you will know
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
vi-da-TEHM
- clause
vi-da-TEHM KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH dib-BAR-ti
- sentence
ve-ET KOL-miv-ra-KHAV miv-ra-KHAV be-KHOL-a-ga-PAV ba-KHE-rev yip-po-LU ve-han-nish-a-RIM le-KHOL-RU-akh yip-pa-RE-su vi-da-TEHM KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH dib-BAR-ti
Exegesis
The final clause uses the perfect wî-yada‘tem {וִידַעְתֶּם | wî-ḏaʿ-tem} “and you will know,” leading into the declaration ʾani YHWH {אֲנִי יְהוָה | ʾănî Yə-hō-wāh}, “I, the LORD,” and the Piel perfect dibbartî {דִּבַּרְתִּי | dîb-bār-tî}, “I have spoken,” as an emphatic oath. The paratactic stacking of prepositional phrases and imperfect verbs underscores the inevitability of judgment and the authority of the divine decree.
Root and etymology
י־ד־ע
“to know”
In context — Ezekiel 17:21
And all the picked men of his troops, in all his bands, shall fall by the sword, and those who remain will be scattered to every wind; and you will know that I, the LORD , have spoken .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 17:21, so the Hebrew word וִידַעְתֶּ֕ם (vidatehm) 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.17.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.21.W10.S1) and character.