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
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hi-na-VE
- clause
ve-a-TA ven-a-DAM hi-na-VE ve-HAKH KAF el-KAF
- 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 context — Ezekiel 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.