Ezekiel 21:2:7Ezek.21.2.W7TABWLC Ezekiel 21:7
וְהִנָּבֵ֖א
vehinave
“and prophesy”
- Transliteration
- ve-hi-na-VE
- Extended
- veh-hih-nah-VEE
- IPA
- /wəhinːaːˈveː(ʔ)/
Meaning by language
- English
- and prophesy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| 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
ve-hi-na-VE
- clause
ve-hi-na-VE el-ad-MAT yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ben-A-dam SIM pa-NE-kha el-ye-ru-sha-LA-im ve-ha-TEF el-mik-DA-shim ve-hi-na-VE el-ad-MAT yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The sequence of imperatives—sim {שִׂים}, ve-hateh {וְהַטֵּה | wə-haṭ-ṭēh} ‘and turn,’ ve-hinave {וְהִנָּבֵא | wə-hin-nā-ḇēʾ} ‘and prophesy’—structures the divine command in three stages.
Root and etymology
Rootn-b-ʾ
“to prophesy”
In context — Ezekiel 21:2
Son of man , set your face toward Jerusalem and turn toward her sanctuaries , and prophesy against the land of Israel.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 21:2, so the Hebrew word וְהִנָּבֵ֖א (vehinave) 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.21.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.2.W7.S1) and character.