Ezekiel 17:9:16Ezek.17.9.W16TAB
וְלֹֽא־בִזְרֹ֤עַ
velovizroa
“and not by an arm of”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-viz-RO-a
- Extended
- veh-LOH-vihz-ROH-ah
- IPA
- /vәloː.vizˈroː.aʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and not by an arm of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-viz-RO-a
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-viz-RO-a ge-do-LA
- 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 negated clause ve-lo-bizroa gedolah u-ve-am rav {וְלֹא־בִזְרֹעַ גְּדוֹלָה וּבְעַם־רָב | wə-lōʾ-bi-zrō-ʿa gə-ḏō-lāh û-ḇə-ʿam-rāḇ} ‘and not by a strong arm or by many people’ highlights that no external effort is needed for the plant’s destruction.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin–resh–ayin
“seed, offspring”
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 17:9:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Ezekiel 17:9, so the Hebrew word וְלֹֽא־בִזְרֹ֤עַ (velovizroa) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.9.W16.S1) and character.