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
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-e-E-SE
- clause
va-e-E-SE le-MA-an she-MI
- 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 context — Ezekiel 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.