Ezekiel 19:7:1Ezek.19.7.W1TAB
וַיֵּ֙דַע֙
vayeda
“and he knew”
- Transliteration
- va-YE-da
- Extended
- vah-YEH-da
- IPA
- /vajˈjeː.daʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he knew
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-YE-da
- clause
va-YE-da al-me-no-TAV ve-a-re-HEM he-khe-RIV
- sentence
va-YE-da al-me-no-TAV ve-a-re-HEM he-khe-RIV va-TE-sham E-rets u-me-lo-A mi-KOL sha-a-ga-TO
Exegesis
The verse opens with a vav-consecutive verb vayeda {וַיֵּדַע | way-yē-ḏaʿ} ‘and he knew’, marking the start of a narrative sequence and introducing action toward almenotav {אַלְמְנוֹתָיו | almenōṯāw} ‘their widows’.
Root and etymology
y-d-ʿyod–dalet–ayin
“to know, perceive”
In context — Ezekiel 19:7
And he knew their widows, and he laid waste their cities; the land and all its fullness were appalled at the sound of his roaring.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 19:7, so the Hebrew word וַיֵּ֙דַע֙ (vayeda) 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.19.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.7.W1.S1) and character.