Ezekiel 17:23:6Ezek.17.23.W6TAB

עָנָף֙

anaf

a branch

Transliteration
a-NAF
Extended
aa-NAHF
IPA
/ʕaːˈnaːf/

Meaning by language

English
a branch

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Result
עָ + נָף֙
a + naf
anaf

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Pe Sofitfinal form of Pe — at word end

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-NAF

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-na-SA a-NAF

  3. clause

    be-HAR me-ROM yis-ra-EL esh-to-le-NU ve-na-SA a-NAF ve-a-SA pe-RI ve-ha-YA le-E-rez a-DIR

  4. sentence

    be-HAR me-ROM yis-ra-EL esh-to-le-NU ve-na-SA a-NAF ve-a-SA pe-RI ve-ha-YA le-E-rez a-DIR ve-sha-khe-NU takh-TA-yv KOL tsi-POR kal-ka-NAF be-TSEL da-li-yo-TA-yv tish-ko-NA

Exegesis

A sequence of perfect verbs—venasa anaf {וְנָשָׂא עָנָף | wə-nā-śāʼ ʿā-nāp} ‘it will send forth a branch’, ve’asa peri {וְעָשָׂה פֶרִי | wə-ʿā-sāh pē-rī} ‘and make fruit’, vehayah le’erez addir {וְהָיָה לְאֶרֶז אַדִּיר | wə-hā-yāh lə-ʾē-rēz ’aḏ-ḏîr} ‘and it will become a mighty cedar’—creates a stepwise portrayal of growth and transformation.

Root and etymology

ע־נ־ף

branch, bough

In contextEzekiel 17:23

On the high mountain of Israel I will plant it, and it will send out branches and produce fruit and will become a mighty cedar ; and beneath it will dwell every bird of every wing, and in the shade of its branches they will nest.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 17:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 17:23, so the Hebrew word עָנָף֙ (anaf) 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.17.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.23.W6.S1) and character.