Ezekiel 18:14:4Ezek.18.14.W4TAB
וַיַּ֕רְא
vayare
“and he sees”
- Transliteration
- va-YAR-e
- Extended
- vah-YAHR-eh
- IPA
- /vajˈjarʔɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sees
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-YAR-e
- clause
ve-hin-NE ho-LID BEN va-YAR-e et-KOL-kha-to-OT a-VIV a-SHER a-SA
- sentence
ve-hin-NE ho-LID BEN va-YAR-e et-KOL-kha-to-OT a-VIV a-SHER a-SA va-yir-E ve-LO ya-a-SE ka-HEN
Exegesis
The sequence vayyar et kol chatot aviv asher asah {וַיַּ֕רְא אֶת־כָּל־חַטֹּ֥את אָבִ֖יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה | wa-yarʾ ʾeṯ kāl ḥaṭ-ṭōʾṯ ʾā-ḇîw ʾă-šer ʿā-śāh} functions as a relative clause detailing the son’s awareness of his father’s completed wrongdoing.
In context — Ezekiel 18:14
And behold, he fathers a son who sees all the sins of his father which he has committed, and though he sees them, he does not do the same.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 18:14, so the Hebrew word וַיַּ֕רְא (vayare) 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.18.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.14.W4.S1) and character.