Ezekiel 19:4:5Ezek.19.4.W5TAB
נִתְפָּ֑שׂ
nitpas
“he was caught”
- Transliteration
- nit-PA-s
- Extended
- niht-PAA-s
- IPA
- /nitˈpaːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was caught
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nit-PA-s
- phraseyour reading level
be-shakh-TAM nit-PA-s
- clause
va-yish-me-U e-LAIV go-YIM be-shakh-TAM nit-PA-s
- sentence
va-yish-me-U e-LAIV go-YIM be-shakh-TAM nit-PA-s va-ye-vi-U-hu va-kha-KHIM el-E-rets mits-ra-YIM
Exegesis
The Niphal nitpas {נִתְפָּשׂ | niṯpās} ‘he was caught’ emphasizes his helplessness, followed by the Hiphil vayeviʾuhu {וַיְבִאֻהוּ | wayəḇiʾûhû} ‘and they brought him’ which depicts forced removal.
Root and etymology
Roott-p-s
“to seize”
In context — Ezekiel 19:4
The nations heard of him; they captured him in their pit, and they hauled him with hooks to the land of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 19:4, so the Hebrew word נִתְפָּ֑שׂ (nitpas) 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.19.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.4.W5.S1) and character.