Ezekiel 17:8:12Ezek.17.8.W12TAB
לְגֶ֥פֶן
legefen
“as a vine”
- Transliteration
- le-GE-fen
- Extended
- leh-GEH-fehn
- IPA
- /ləˈɣɛfɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- as a vine
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-GE-fen
- phraseyour reading level
le-GE-fen a-DA-ret
- 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.
Root and etymology
g-p-ngimel–pe–nun
“vine”
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 17:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 17:8, so the Hebrew word לְגֶ֥פֶן (legefen) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.8.W12.S1) and character.