Ezekiel 17:9:15Ezek.17.9.W15TAB
תִּיבָ֔שׁ
tivash
“will wither”
- Transliteration
- ti-VASH
- Extended
- tih-VAAHSH
- IPA
- /tiˈvaːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- will wither
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ti-VASH
- clause
ha-LO et-sha-ra-SHE-ha ye-nat-TEK ve-et-pir-YA ye-ko-SES ve-ya-VESH kal-tar-PE tsim-KHA ti-VASH ve-LO-viz-RO-a ge-do-LA u-ve-am-RAV le-mas-OT o-TA mish-sha-ra-SHE-ha
- sentence
e-MOR KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VAH tits-LAKH ha-LO et-sha-ra-SHE-ha ye-nat-TEK ve-et-pir-YA ye-ko-SES ve-ya-VESH kal-tar-PE tsim-KHA ti-VASH ve-LO-viz-RO-a ge-do-LA u-ve-am-RAV le-mas-OT o-TA mish-sha-ra-SHE-ha
Exegesis
The sequence continues with ve-yavesh {וְיָבֵשׁ | wə-yā-vēš} ‘and it will wither’, which parallels tivash {תִּיבָשׁ | ti-vāš} ‘it will wither’, intensifying the destruction.
Root and etymology
y-b-shyod–bet–shin
“dry”
In context — Ezekiel 17:9
Say, “Thus says the Lord God : Will it thrive ? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit so that all the leaves of its growth wither? It will wither, and by no strong arm or by many people will it be lifted up from its roots.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:9:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Ezekiel 17:9, so the Hebrew word תִּיבָ֔שׁ (tivash) 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.17.9.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.9.W15.S1) and character.