Ezekiel 21:10:8Ezek.21.10.W8TABWLC Ezekiel 21:15
אֹ֣ו
o
“or”
- Transliteration
- O
- Extended
- OH
- IPA
- /ˈʔoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- or
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
O
- phraseyour reading level
O na-SI-s
- 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 conjunction ʾô {א֣וֹ | ʾô} ‘or’ opens a rhetorical question nā-śîś {נָשִׂ֔ישׂ | nā-śîś} ‘shall we rejoice,’ which functions as a moral shock: celebration would be grotesquely out of place.
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 21:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 21:10, so the Hebrew word אֹ֣ו (o) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.10.W8.S1) and character.