Ezekiel 18:28:1Ezek.18.28.W1TAB
וַיִּרְאֶ֣ה
vayire
“and he saw”
- Transliteration
- va-yir-E
- Extended
- vah-yir-EH
- IPA
- /vaj.jirˈʔɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he saw
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yir-E ve-ya-SHUV va-ya-SHAV
- clause
va-yir-E ve-ya-SHUV va-ya-SHAV mi-KAL-pe-sha-AV a-SHER a-SA
- sentence
va-yir-E ve-ya-SHUV va-ya-SHAV mi-KAL-pe-sha-AV a-SHER a-SA KHA-yo yikh-YE LO ya-MUT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the waw-consecutive verb vayireh {וַיִּרְאֶה | way-yirʾeh} ‘and he sees’, establishing a conditional framework reinforced by veyashuv {וְיָשׁוּב | we-yašûv} ‘and he returns’.
In context — Ezekiel 18:28
And when he sees and returns , and turns back from all his transgressions which he has done, surely he shall live; he shall not die.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 18:28, so the Hebrew word וַיִּרְאֶ֣ה (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.18.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.28.W1.S1) and character.