Ezekiel 18:6:4Ezek.18.6.W4TAB
וְעֵינָיו֙
veenaiv
“and his eyes”
- Transliteration
- ve-e-NAIV
- Extended
- veh-ee-NAAV
- IPA
- /wəʕeːˈnaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- and his eyes
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-e-NAIV
- clause
el-ha-he-ha-RIM LO a-KHAL ve-e-NAIV LO na-SA el-gil-lu-LE BET yis-ra-EL
- 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 clause ve-einav lo nasa {וְעֵינָיו֙ לֹא נָשָׂא | wə-ʿê-nāw lō nā-śāʾ} ‘nor lift his eyes’ metaphorically indicates seeking idols, with gillulei {גִּלּוּלֵ֖י | gil-lū-lê} ‘idols’ specifying the objects.
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 18:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 18:6, so the Hebrew word וְעֵינָיו֙ (veenaiv) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.6.W4.S1) and character.