Ezekiel 19:5:9Ezek.19.5.W9TAB
כְּפִ֥יר
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 sa-MA-te-HU
- clause
va-tik-KAKH e-KHAD mi-gu-RE-ha ke-FIR sa-MA-te-HU
- sentence
va-TE-RE KI no-kha-LA av-de-DA tik-va-TA va-tik-KAKH e-KHAD mi-gu-RE-ha ke-FIR sa-MA-te-HU
Exegesis
The metaphorical noun kefir {כְּפִ֥יר | kə-pîr} ‘young lion’ receives the suffix shamatahu {שָׂמָֽתְהוּ | šā-mā-ṯə-hû} ‘she made him’, which grammatically creates a causative action, emphasizing transformation into royal power. The Hebrew verb order and wayyiqtol sequence preserve the narrative’s flow of recognition, loss, and empowerment.
Root and etymology
k-p-rqof–pe–resh
“young lion”
In context — Ezekiel 19:5
When she saw that she had waited in vain and her hope had perished, she took one of her cubs and made him a young lion .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 19:5, so the Hebrew word כְּפִ֥יר (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.19.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.5.W9.S1) and character.