Ezekiel 17:6:1Ezek.17.6.W1TAB
וַיִּצְמַ֡ח
vayitsmakh
“and it sprouted”
- Transliteration
- va-yits-MAKH
- Extended
- vah-yits-MAHKH
- IPA
- /vaj.jitsˈmaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it sprouted
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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Word in context
- word
va-yits-MAKH
- clause
va-yits-MAKH va-ye-HI le-GE-fen so-ra-KHAT shif-LAT ko-MA lif-NOT da-li-yo-TAV e-LAV ve-sha-ra-SHAV takh-TAV yih-YU
- sentence
va-yits-MAKH va-ye-HI le-GE-fen so-ra-KHAT shif-LAT ko-MA lif-NOT da-li-yo-TAV e-LAV ve-sha-ra-SHAV takh-TAV yih-YU vat-te-HI le-GE-fen vat-ta-AS ba-DIM vat-te-shal-LAKH po-ROT
Exegesis
The verse employs a sequence of wayyiqtol (vav consecutive) verbs vayyitzmach {וַיִּצְמַ֡ח | wayyits-maḥ} ‘and it sprouted,’ vayehi {וַיְהִי֩ | wayyehî} ‘and it became,’ and vata‘as {וַתַּעַשׂ | va-ta‘as} ‘and it produced’ to detail progressive development.
Root and etymology
Roottsadi–mem–chet
“to sprout, grow”
In context — Ezekiel 17:6
And it sprouted and became a spreading vine of low stature , so that its branches turned toward him, and its roots were under it; and it became a vine and produced branches and sent out tendrils.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 17:6, so the Hebrew word וַיִּצְמַ֡ח (vayitsmakh) 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.17.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.6.W1.S1) and character.