Ezekiel 18:6:10Ezek.18.6.W10TAB
וְאֶת־אֵ֤שֶׁת
veeteshet
“and the wife of”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-E-shet
- Extended
- veh-eht-EE-sheht
- IPA
- /wəʔɛt.ˈʔeːʃɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the wife 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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ve-et-E-shet
- phraseyour reading level
ve-et-E-shet re-E-hu
- clause
ve-et-E-shet re-E-hu LO tim-ME ve-el-ish-SHA nid-DA LO yik-RAV
- sentence
el-ha-he-ha-RIM LO a-KHAL ve-e-NAIV LO na-SA el-gil-lu-LE BET yis-ra-EL ve-et-E-shet re-E-hu LO tim-ME ve-el-ish-SHA nid-DA LO yik-RAV
Exegesis
The direct-object marker ve-et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾeṯ} introduces eshet re’ehu {אֵ֤שֶׁת רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ | ē-šeṯ rē-ʿê-hū} ‘wife of his neighbor’, linked to timme {טִמֵּ֔א | tim-mēʾ} ‘he defiled’ in the intensive Piel.
In context — Ezekiel 18:6
He does not eat upon the mountains , nor lift his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor defile the wife of his neighbor, nor approach a woman in her menstrual impurity .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 18:6, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־אֵ֤שֶׁת (veeteshet) 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.18.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.6.W10.S1) and character.