Ezekiel 20:14:1Ezek.20.14.W1TAB

וָאֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה

vaeese

and I acted or did

Transliteration
va-e-E-SE
Extended
vaa-eh-EH-seh
IPA
/vaː.ʔɛ.ʕɛˈsɛ/

Meaning by language

English
and I acted or did

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וָ + אֶ + עֱ + שֶׂ֖ה
va + e + e + se
vaeese

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-e-E-SE

  2. clause

    va-e-E-SE le-MA-an she-MI

  3. sentence

    va-e-E-SE le-MA-an she-MI le-vil-TI he-KHEL le-e-NE ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-tse-TIM le-e-NE-hem

Exegesis

The verse begins with the vav consecutive and perfect form va’eseh {וָאֶעֱשֶׂה | wā-ʾĕ-ʿĕ-sēh} ‘and I acted’, marking divine initiative.

Root and etymology

ע־ש־ה

to do, act

In contextEzekiel 20:14

But I acted for the sake of My name so that it would not be profaned before the eyes of the nations to whom I brought them out .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 20:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 20:14, so the Hebrew word וָאֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה (vaeese) 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.20.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.14.W1.S1) and character.