Ezekiel 20:46:6Ezek.20.46.W6TABWLC Ezekiel 21:2
וְהַטֵּ֖ף
vehatef
“and drip or preach”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-TEF
- Extended
- veh-hah-TEHF
- IPA
- /vəhaˈtːeːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and drip or preach
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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 | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-TEF
- clause
ben-A-dam SIM pa-NE-kha DE-rekh tei-ma-NA ve-ha-TEF el-da-ROM
- sentence
ben-A-dam SIM pa-NE-kha DE-rekh tei-ma-NA ve-ha-TEF el-da-ROM ve-hin-na-VE el-ya-AR ha-sa-DE NE-gev
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperative vehattef {וְהַטֵּף | wə-hat-têf} ‘utter’ and the Niphal imperative vehinave {וְהִנָּבֵא | wə-hin-nā-vê} ‘prophesy’ form parallel oracular commands.
In context — Ezekiel 20:46
Son of man , set your face toward the way of the south, and utter a word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the Negev .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:46:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 20:46, so the Hebrew word וְהַטֵּ֖ף (vehatef) 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.20.46.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.46.W6.S1) and character.