Ezekiel 20:26:4Ezek.20.26.W4TAB
בְּהַעֲבִ֖יר
behaavir
“in causing to pass over or offering up”
- Transliteration
- be-ha-a-VIR
- Extended
- beh-hah-ah-VEER
- IPA
- /bəhaʕaˈviːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in causing to pass over or offering up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-ha-a-VIR
- clause
va-a-tam-ME o-TAM be-mat-te-no-TAM be-ha-a-VIR KAL-PE-ter RA-kham
- sentence
va-a-tam-ME o-TAM be-mat-te-no-TAM be-ha-a-VIR KAL-PE-ter RA-kham le-MA-an a-shim-MEM le-MA-an a-SHER ye-de-U a-SHER a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Behaavir {בְּהַעֲבִיר | bə-ha-ʿă-ḇīr}, a Hifil infinitive construct, introduces the ritual of passing offspring.
In context — Ezekiel 20:26
And I defiled them through their gifts when they caused to pass every opener of the womb, so that I might devastate them, and in order that they might know that I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 20:26, so the Hebrew word בְּהַעֲבִ֖יר (behaavir) 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.20.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.26.W4.S1) and character.