Ezekiel 21:10:11Ezek.21.10.W11TABWLC Ezekiel 21:15
בְּנִ֖י
beni
“my son”
- Transliteration
- be-NI
- Extended
- beh-NEE
- IPA
- /bəˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my son
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
be-NI
- clause
O na-SI-s SHE-vet be-NI mo-E-set KAL-ETS
- sentence
le-MA-an te-VO-akh TE-vakh hu-kha-DA le-MA-an-he-YE-la-TSA ba-RAK mo-RA-ta O na-SI-s SHE-vet be-NI mo-E-set KAL-ETS
Exegesis
The closing unit šēḇeṭ bə-nî mō-ʾe-seṯ kāl-ʿēṣ {שֵׁ֖בֶט בְּנִ֣י מֹאֶ֥סֶת כָּל־עֵֽץ | šēḇeṭ bə-nî mō-ʾe-seṯ kāl-ʿēṣ} is syntactically compact and semantically difficult; the feminine participle can naturally cohere with the implied feminine “sword” in the larger oracle, allowing an English rendering with an implied subject (“it is rejecting”). The comparison “like every tree” treats the scepter as if it were mere wood, intensifying the contempt and signaling the collapse of royal authority before the coming judgment.
In context — Ezekiel 21:10
In order to slaughter, to slaughter, it has been sharpened; in order for it to become a flash of lightning , it has been polished. Or shall we rejoice? It is rejecting the rod of My son like every tree.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 21:10, so the Hebrew word בְּנִ֖י (beni) 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.21.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.10.W11.S1) and character.