Ezekiel 19:14:13Ezek.19.14.W13TAB

הִ֖יא

hi

she or it

Transliteration
HI
Extended
HEE
IPA
/ˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
she or it

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    HI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ki-NA HI

  3. clause

    ki-NA HI va-te-HI le-ki-NA

  4. sentence

    va-te-TSE ESH mim-ma-TE vad-de-HA pir-YA a-kha-LA ve-LO-ha-YA VA mat-TE-OZ SHE-vet lim-SHOL ki-NA HI va-te-HI le-ki-NA

Exegesis

The paired statements kinah hi {קִ֥ינָה הִ֖יא | qîn-ā(h) hî(ʾ)} ‘this is a lamentation’ and vattehi lekinah {וַתְּהִ֥י לְקִינָֽה | va-tə-hî lə-qîn-ā(h)} ‘and it became a lamentation’ reinforce the dirge form.

In contextEzekiel 19:14

And fire went out from a rod among her branches ; it consumed her fruit, and in her there remained no staff of strength or scepter to govern. This is a lamentation , and it has become a lamentation.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 19:14:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Ezekiel 19:14, so the Hebrew word הִ֖יא (hi) 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.19.14.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.14.W13.S1) and character.