Ezekiel 17:8:9Ezek.17.8.W9TAB

וְלָשֵׂ֣את

velaset

and to bear

Transliteration
ve-la-SET
Extended
veh-laa-SEET
IPA
/vəlaːˈseːt/

Meaning by language

English
and to bear

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + לָ + שֵׂ֣את
ve + la + set
velaset

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-la-SET

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-la-SET PE-ri

  3. clause

    la-a-SOT a-NAF ve-la-SET PE-ri lih-ye-OT le-GE-fen a-DA-ret

  4. 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 coordinated infinitives laasot anaf ve-laset peri {לַעֲשׂ֤וֹת עָנָף֙ וְלָשֵׂ֣את פֶּ֔רִי | la-ʿă-śôt ʿā-nāph wə-lā-śēṯ pê-rî} ‘to produce a branch and to bear fruit’ function as successive purpose clauses.

In contextEzekiel 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 17:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 17:8, so the Hebrew word וְלָשֵׂ֣את (velaset) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.8.W9.S1) and character.