Ezekiel 17:8:11Ezek.17.8.W11TAB
לִהְי֖וֹת
lihyeot
“to be”
- Transliteration
- lih-ye-OT
- Extended
- lih-yeh-OHT
- IPA
- /lihˈjoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
lih-ye-OT
- clause
la-a-SOT a-NAF ve-la-SET PE-ri lih-ye-OT le-GE-fen a-DA-ret
- sentence
el-sa-DE TOV el-ma-YIM ra-BIM HI she-tu-LA la-a-SOT a-NAF ve-la-SET PE-ri lih-ye-OT le-GE-fen a-DA-ret
Exegesis
The final clause lihyot le-gefen addaret {לִהְי֖וֹת לְגֶ֥פֶן אַדָּֽרֶת | lî-hə-yôt lə-ge-phen ʾad-dā-reṯ} ‘to be a noble vine’ defines the vine’s intended destiny. The Hebrew’s chain of infinitives, linked by vav, conveys a teleological sequence that English renders with parallel infinitival and subordinating constructions to preserve the verse’s goal-oriented flow.
In context — Ezekiel 17:8
She was planted in a good field by many waters , to produce a branch and to bear fruit, and to become a noble vine .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 17:8, so the Hebrew word לִהְי֖וֹת (lihyeot) 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.17.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.8.W11.S1) and character.