Ezekiel 17:7:8Ezek.17.7.W8TAB
הַגֶּ֨פֶן
hagefen
“the vine”
- Transliteration
- ha-GE-fen
- Extended
- hah-GEH-fehn
- IPA
- /haggɛːˈfɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the vine
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-GE-fen
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hin-NE ha-GE-fen ha-ZOT
- clause
ve-hin-NE ha-GE-fen ha-ZOT kaf-NA sha-ro-SHE-ha a-LAV ve-da-li-yo-TAV shil-KHA-LO le-hash-KOT o-TA me-a-ru-GOT ma-ta-A
- sentence
va-ye-HI NE-sher-e-KHAD ga-DOL ge-DOL ke-na-FA-yim ve-rav-no-TSA ve-hin-NE ha-GE-fen ha-ZOT kaf-NA sha-ro-SHE-ha a-LAV ve-da-li-yo-TAV shil-KHA-LO le-hash-KOT o-TA me-a-ru-GOT ma-ta-A
Exegesis
The interjection ve-hineh {וְהִנֵּה֩ | wə-hinnē} ‘and behold’ shifts focus to the vine (hagefen hazot {הַגֶּ֨פֶן הַזֹּ֜את | ha-gēpen ha-zôt}).
Root and etymology
g-p-ngimel–pe–nun
“vine, grapevine”
In context — Ezekiel 17:7
And there was another great eagle , great in wings and abundant in plumage. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him and stretched out its branches to him to be watered from the beds of its planting .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 17:7, so the Hebrew word הַגֶּ֨פֶן (hagefen) 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.17.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.7.W8.S1) and character.