Ezekiel 20:21:1Ezek.20.21.W1TAB
וַיַּמְר֨וּ־בִ֤י
vayamruvi
“and they rebelled against me”
- Transliteration
- va-yam-RU-VI
- Extended
- vah-yahm-RUU-VEE
- IPA
- /vaj.jamˈruː.viː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they rebelled against me
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
va-yam-RU-VI
- phraseyour reading level
va-yam-RU-VI ha-ba-NIM
- clause
va-yam-RU-VI ha-ba-NIM be-khu-kot-TAI lo-ha-la-KHU ve-et-mish-pa-TAI lo-sham-RU la-a-SOT o-TAM
- sentence
va-yam-RU-VI ha-ba-NIM be-khu-kot-TAI lo-ha-la-KHU ve-et-mish-pa-TAI lo-sham-RU la-a-SOT o-TAM a-SHER ya-a-SE o-TAM ha-a-DAM va-KHAI ba-HEM et-shab-be-tot-TAI khi-le-LU va-o-MAR lish-POKH kha-ma-TI a-LE-hem le-khal-LOT a-PI BAM bam-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav consecutive vayamru {וַיַּמְרוּ | way-yam-rû} ‘but they rebelled’, marking a narrative shift and contrasting the children’s defiance with prior obedience.
The prepositional phrase bi {בִּי | bî} ‘against me’ identifies YHWH as the one opposed.
In context — Ezekiel 20:21
But the children rebelled against Me ; they did not walk in My statutes, and they did not keep My judgments to perform them—those which, if a person does, he will live by them ; they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My wrath upon them to bring My anger to an end in the wilderness.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 20:21, so the Hebrew word וַיַּמְר֨וּ־בִ֤י (vayamruvi) 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.20.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.21.W1.S1) and character.