Ezekiel 19:2:4Ezek.19.2.W4TAB
לְבִיָּ֔א
leviya
“a lioness”
- Transliteration
- le-vi-YA
- Extended
- leh-vih-YAA
- IPA
- /ləviˈjɔː(ʔ)/
Meaning by language
- English
- a lioness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-vi-YA
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta MA IM-me-kha le-vi-YA BEN a-ra-YOT ra-va-TSA
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta MA IM-me-kha le-vi-YA BEN a-ra-YOT ra-va-TSA be-TOKH ke-fi-RIM rib-be-TA gu-re-HA
Exegesis
The construct immekha leviya {אִמְּךָ֙ לְבִיָּא | ʼim-mə-ḵā lə-ḇî-yā} links “your mother” as the subject with “a lioness,” creating an extended metaphor.
Root and etymology
l-v-ylamed–bet–yod
“lioness, mighty female lion”
In context — Ezekiel 19:2
And you shall say, “What was your mother? A lioness . She lay down among the lions; amid the young lions she reared her cubs.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 19:2, so the Hebrew word לְבִיָּ֔א (leviya) 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.19.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.2.W4.S1) and character.