Ezekiel 19:3:4Ezek.19.3.W4TAB
כְּפִ֣יר
kefir
“a young lion”
- Transliteration
- ke-FIR
- Extended
- keh-FEER
- IPA
- /kəˈfiːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- a young lion
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-FIR
- phraseyour reading level
ke-FIR ha-YA
- clause
va-ta-AL e-KHAD mi-gur-E-ha ke-FIR ha-YA
- sentence
va-ta-AL e-KHAD mi-gur-E-ha ke-FIR ha-YA va-yil-MAD li-te-RAF-TE-ref a-DAM a-KHAL
Exegesis
The clause kefir hayah {כְּפִיר הָיָה | kər-pîr hā-yāh} ‘he became a young lion’ uses the perfect verb to denote a resulting state.
Root and etymology
k-p-rkof–pe–resh
“young lion”
In context — Ezekiel 19:3
And she raised one of her cubs ; he grew into a young lion, learned to seize prey, and he devoured men .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 19:3, so the Hebrew word כְּפִ֣יר (kefir) 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.19.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.3.W4.S1) and character.