Ezekiel 20:47:12Ezek.20.47.W12TABWLC Ezekiel 21:3
וְאָכְלָ֖ה
veakhla
“and it shall devour”
- Transliteration
- ve-akh-LA
- Extended
- veh-aakh-LAA
- IPA
- /wəʔɔxəˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it shall devour
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-akh-LA
- clause
KO-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI hin-NE-ni ma-TSIT-bek-HA ESH ve-akh-LA bek-HA
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta le-YA-ar han-NE-gev she-MA de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH KO-a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI hin-NE-ni ma-TSIT-bek-HA ESH ve-akh-LA bek-HA KOL-ETS-lakh ve-KOL-ETS ya-VESH LO-ti-kh-BE la-HE-vet shal-HE-vet ve-nits-re-VU-va KOL-pa-NIM min-NE-gev tsa-FO-na
Exegesis
The Piel perfect veikkelah {וְאִכְּלָה | wə-ʾik-kə-lāh} emphasizes total consumption of both fresh (lach {לַח | laḥ}) and dry (yavesh {יָבֵשׁ | yā-ḇēš}) trees.
In context — Ezekiel 20:47
And you shall say to the forest of the Negev, “Hear the word of the LORD ; thus says the Lord GOD : Behold, I am kindling a fire in you, and it will consume every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north will be scorched by it.”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:47:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 20:47, so the Hebrew word וְאָכְלָ֖ה (veakhla) 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.20.47.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.47.W12.S1) and character.