Ezekiel 21:22:2Ezek.21.22.W2TABWLC Ezekiel 21:27
הָיָ֣ה
haya
“was”
- Transliteration
- ha-YA
- Extended
- haa-YAA
- IPA
- /haːˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-YA
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YA ha-KE-sem ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- clause
bi-yi-MI-no ha-YA ha-KE-sem ye-ru-sha-LA-yim la-SUM ka-RIM lif-TO-kha PE be-RE-tsakh le-ha-RIM KOL bit-ru-A
- sentence
bi-yi-MI-no ha-YA ha-KE-sem ye-ru-sha-LA-yim la-SUM ka-RIM lif-TO-kha PE be-RE-tsakh le-ha-RIM KOL bit-ru-A la-SUM ka-RIM al-she-a-RIM lish-POKH sol-le-LA liv-NOT da-YEK
Exegesis
Hayah {הָיָה | hā-yāh} ‘was’ introduces ha-qesem {הַקֶּסֶם | ha-qe-sem} ‘the divination,’ whose object yerushalayim {יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם | yə-rû-ša-láyim} ‘Jerusalem’ marks the target. A coordinated series of preposition + infinitive constructs (lasum, liftoach, leharim, lasim, lispol, livnot) outlines siege actions as nominal commands.
In context — Ezekiel 21:22
And in his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in slaughter , to lift up the voice with a shout, to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a mound, and to build a siege wall .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 21:22, so the Hebrew word הָיָ֣ה (haya) 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.21.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.22.W2.S1) and character.