Ezekiel 19:9:4Ezek.19.9.W4TAB
וַיְבִאֻ֖הוּ
vayeviu
“and they brought him”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-vi-U
- Extended
- vah-yeh-vee-UH
- IPA
- /vaj.jəviˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they brought him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-vi-U
- 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 verse opens with the vav-consecutive wayyiqtol sequence vayittenuhu {וַֽיִּתְּנֻ֤הוּ | wayyiṭə-nūhû} ‘and they put him’ followed by vayevihu {וַיְבִאֻהוּ | wayyəḇīʾûhū} ‘and they brought him’, establishing a rapid narrative pace.
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 19:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 19:9, so the Hebrew word וַיְבִאֻ֖הוּ (vayeviu) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.19.9.W4.S1) and character.