Ezekiel 21:11:8Ezek.21.11.W8TABWLC Ezekiel 21:16
וְהִ֣יא
vehi
“and it”
- Transliteration
- ve-HI
- Extended
- veh-HEE
- IPA
- /vəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
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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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
ve-HI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-HI mo-RAT-ta
- clause
hi-hu-KHA-da KHE-rev ve-HI mo-RAT-ta la-TET o-TAH be-yad-ho-REG
- sentence
va-yit-NE-n o-TAH le-mar-TA lit-poS ba-KAF hi-hu-KHA-da KHE-rev ve-HI mo-RAT-ta la-TET o-TAH be-yad-ho-REG
Exegesis
A second resumptive vehi {וְהִ֗יא | wə-hîʾ} introduces moratah {מֹרָ֣טָה | mōrāṭāh} ‘polished,’ creating parallel, piled-up passives that intensify readiness.
In context — Ezekiel 21:11
It was given for polishing, to be grasped in the palm ; it has been sharpened, a sword, and it is polished, to put it into the hand of the slayer .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 21:11, so the Hebrew word וְהִ֣יא (vehi) 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.21.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.11.W8.S1) and character.