Ezekiel 19:7:4Ezek.19.7.W4TAB
הֶחֱרִ֑יב
hekheriv
“he made desolate”
- Transliteration
- he-khe-RIV
- Extended
- heh-kheh-REEV
- IPA
- /hɛ.ħɛˈriːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- he made desolate
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-khe-RIV
- 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 conjunction wə- then links to hechriv {הֶחֱרִיב | he-ḥĕ-rîḇ} ‘he laid waste’ as the main destructive verb with veareihem {וְעָרֵיהֶם | wə-ʿārêhēm} ‘their cities’ as its object.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-bḥēt–resh–bet
“to lay waste”
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 19:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 19:7, so the Hebrew word הֶחֱרִ֑יב (hekheriv) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.7.W4.S1) and character.