Ezekiel 18:14:9Ezek.18.14.W9TAB
וַיִּרְאֶ֕ה
vayire
“and he sees”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-E
- Extended
- vah-yih-REH
- IPA
- /vaj.jirˈʔɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he sees
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-yir-E
- clause
va-yir-E ve-LO ya-a-SE ka-HEN
- 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 repetition in vayireh {וַיִּרְאֶ֕ה | wa-yir-ʾeh} intensifies witnessing, leading into the negative clause velo yaaseh kahen {וְלֹ֥א יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה כָּהֵֽן | wə-lōʾ ya-ʿă-śeh kā-hēn}, which marks the deliberate moral break. The interplay of perfect and wayyiqtol forms contrasts completed past actions with potential conduct. The adverbial demonstrative kahen encapsulates the pattern the son refuses to replicate.
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 18:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 18:14, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְאֶ֕ה (vayire) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.14.W9.S1) and character.