Ezekiel 20:48:1Ezek.20.48.W1TABWLC Ezekiel 21:4
וְרָא֨וּ
verau
“and they shall see”
- Transliteration
- ve-RA-u
- Extended
- veh-RAA-oo
- IPA
- /wəraːˈʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they shall see
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-RA-u
- phraseyour reading level
ve-RA-u KOL-ba-SAR
- sentence
ve-RA-u KOL-ba-SAR KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH bi-ar-TI-ha LO tik-be
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vera'u {וְרָאוּ | wə-rā-ʾû} ‘and they shall see’, establishing a prophetic result clause.
In context — Ezekiel 20:48
And all flesh shall see that I, the LORD , have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:48:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 20:48, so the Hebrew word וְרָא֨וּ (verau) 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.20.48.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.48.W1.S1) and character.