Ezekiel 19:6:3Ezek.19.6.W3TAB
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-yit-ha-LEKH be-TOKH-a-ra-YOT ke-FIR ha-YA
- sentence
va-yit-ha-LEKH be-TOKH-a-ra-YOT ke-FIR ha-YA va-yil-MAD lit-RAF-TE-ref a-DAM a-KHAL
Exegesis
A nominal clause, kefir hayah {כְּפִיר הָיָה | kə-pîr hā-yāh} ‘he became a young lion’, employs the perfect tense to signal transformation.
Root and etymology
Rootkuf–pe–resh
“young lion”
In context — Ezekiel 19:6
And he moved about among lions ; he became a young lion, learned to seize prey, and he devoured men .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 19:6, 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.19.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.6.W3.S1) and character.