Ezekiel 20:17:1Ezek.20.17.W1TAB

וַתָּ֧חָ

vatakhas

and she or it spared

Transliteration
va-ta-KHAS
Extended
vah-ta-KHAHS
IPA
/vat.taːˈħaːs/

Meaning by language

English
and she or it spared

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Result
וַ + תָּ֧ + חָ
va + ta + khas
vatakhas

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-ta-KHAS

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ta-KHAS e-NI

  3. clause

    va-ta-KHAS e-NI a-le-HEM mish-kha-TAM

  4. sentence

    va-ta-KHAS e-NI a-le-HEM mish-kha-TAM ve-LO-a-SI-ti o-TAM ka-LA ba-mid-BAR

In contextEzekiel 20:17

But I had compassion—my eye spared them—from destroying them, and I did not make them perish in the wilderness .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 20:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 20:17, so the Hebrew word וַתָּ֧חָ (vatakhas) 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.20.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.17.W1.S1) and character.