Ezekiel 19:9:2Ezek.19.9.W2TAB
בַסּוּגַר֙
vasugar
“in the cage”
- Transliteration
- va-su-GAR
- Extended
- vah-soo-GAR
- IPA
- /vas.suːˈɣar/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the cage
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-su-GAR
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-ne-HU va-su-GAR
- clause
va-yit-ne-HU va-su-GAR ba-kha-KHIM va-ye-vi-U el-ME-lekh ba-VEL
- sentence
va-yit-ne-HU va-su-GAR ba-kha-KHIM va-ye-vi-U el-ME-lekh ba-VEL ye-vi-U ba-me-tso-DOT le-MA-an lo-yish-SHA-ma ko-LO OD el-ha-RE yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The phrase basugar bachachim {בַסּוּגַר בַּחַחִים | bas-sûg̱ār baḥaḥîm} ‘in the enclosure with hooks’ underscores both physical confinement and implied humiliation.
Root and etymology
s-g-rs-g-r
“to shut up, enclose”
In context — Ezekiel 19:9
With hooks they cast him into a cage and brought him to the king of Babylon ; they confined him in strongholds so that his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 19:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 19:9, so the Hebrew word בַסּוּגַר֙ (vasugar) 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.19.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.9.W2.S1) and character.