Ezekiel 17:4:5Ezek.17.4.W5TAB

וַיְבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙

vayeviehu

and he brought it

Transliteration
va-ye-vi-E-HU
Extended
vah-yeh-vee-EH-HOO
IPA
/vajəviːˈʔeːhuː/

Meaning by language

English
and he brought it

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Result
וַ + יְ + בִי + אֵ֙ + הוּ֙
va + ye + vi + e + hu
vayeviehu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ye-vi-E-HU

  2. clause

    va-ye-vi-E-HU el-E-rets ke-NA-an be-IR ro-khe-LIM SA-mo

  3. sentence

    ET ROSH ye-ni-KO-ta-yv ka-TAF va-ye-vi-E-HU el-E-rets ke-NA-an be-IR ro-khe-LIM SA-mo

Exegesis

The verbs qataf {קָטָ֑ף | qā-ṭāp̄} ‘he plucked’ and vayeviehu {וַיְבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙ | wa-yə-ḇî-ʾê-hū} ‘and he brought it’ form a wayyiqtol sequence that propels the narrative toward its destination.

In contextEzekiel 17:4

He plucked the very top of its young shoots and brought it to the land of Canaan; in a city of merchants he set it.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 17:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 17:4, so the Hebrew word וַיְבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙ (vayeviehu) 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.17.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.4.W5.S1) and character.