Ezekiel 21:14:3Ezek.21.14.W3TABWLC Ezekiel 21:19

הִנָּבֵ֖א

hinave

prophesy

Transliteration
hi-na-VE
Extended
hih-nah-VEE
IPA
/hin.naːˈveː/

Meaning by language

English
prophesy

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הִ + נָּ + בֵ֖א
hi + na + ve
hinave

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    hi-na-VE

  2. clause

    ve-a-TA ven-a-DAM hi-na-VE ve-HAKH KAF el-KAF

  3. sentence

    ve-a-TA ven-a-DAM hi-na-VE ve-HAKH KAF el-KAF ve-ti-kha-FEL KHE-rev she-li-shi-TA KHE-rev kha-la-LIM HI KHE-rev kha-LAL ha-ga-DOL ha-kho-DE-ret la-HEM

Exegesis

Two imperatives, hinnabe {הִנָּבֵ֕א | hin-nā-bēʾ} ‘prophesy’ and vehak {וְהַ֖ךְ | wə-haḵ} ‘and strike,’ form a command sequence; the gesture kaf {כַּ֣ף | kaf} …

Root and etymology

Rootn-b-ʾ

to prophesy

In contextEzekiel 21:14

And you, son of man , prophesy, and strike palm to palm; and let the sword be doubled, a third time —a sword of the slain. It is a sword of a slain one, the great one, the one that penetrates to them.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 21:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 21:14, so the Hebrew word הִנָּבֵ֖א (hinave) 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.21.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.14.W3.S1) and character.