Ezekiel 21:12:7Ezek.21.12.W7TABWLC Ezekiel 21:17

הִ֖יא

hi

it

Transliteration
HI
Extended
HEE
IPA
/ˈhiː/

Meaning by language

English
it

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    HI

  2. clause

    ze-AK ve-HEI-lel ben-A-DAM ki-HI hai-TA be-a-MI HI be-khol-ne-si-EI yis-ra-EL

  3. sentence

    ze-AK ve-HEI-lel ben-A-DAM ki-HI hai-TA be-a-MI HI be-khol-ne-si-EI yis-ra-EL me-gu-REI el-KHE-rev ha-YU et-a-MI la-KHEN se-POK el-ya-REKH

Exegesis

A parallel clause begins with hi {הִיא | hîʾ} ‘it is’ and u-vekhol {וּבְכָל | û-ḇə-ḵāl} ‘and upon all’, linking nesiei {נְשִׂיאֵי | nə-śî-ʾê} ‘princes’ of yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiś-rā-ʾēl}.

In contextEzekiel 21:12

Cry out and wail, son of man, for it has come upon My people; it is against all the princes of Israel; they are handed over to the sword with My people. Therefore strike your thigh .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 21:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 21:12, so the Hebrew word הִ֖יא (hi) 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.21.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.12.W7.S1) and character.