Ezekiel 21:3:12Ezek.21.3.W12TABWLC Ezekiel 21:8

וְהִכְרַתִ֥י

vehikhrati

and I will cut off

Transliteration
ve-hikh-ra-TI
Extended
veh-hihkh-rah-TEE
IPA
/wəhix.raˈtiː/

Meaning by language

English
and I will cut off

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + הִכְ + רַ + תִ֥י
ve + hikh + ra + ti
vehikhrati

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-hikh-ra-TI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    mi-ta-e-ra ve-hikh-ra-TI mi-ME-kh

  3. sentence

    ve-a-MAR-ta le-ad-MAT yis-ra-EL KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH hin-ne-NI e-LA-yikh ve-ho-tse-TI khar-BI mi-ta-e-ra ve-hikh-ra-TI mi-ME-kh tsa-DIK ve-ra-SHA

Exegesis

The parallel Hifil sequence vehikhrati mimekh tsaddiq verasha {וְהִכְרַתִּי מִמֶּךְ צַדִּיק וְרָשָׁע | wə-hik-ra-tî mi-mekh ṣad-dîq wə-rā-šāʿ} ‘and I will cut off from you righteous and wicked’ underscores the totality of the threat by linking the removal of both groups.

In contextEzekiel 21:3

And you shall say to the land of Israel, "Thus says the LORD : Behold, I am against you, and I will bring out my sword from its sheath, and I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked."

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 21:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 21:3, so the Hebrew word וְהִכְרַתִ֥י (vehikhrati) 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.21.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.3.W12.S1) and character.