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
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hikh-ra-TI
- phraseyour reading level
mi-ta-e-ra ve-hikh-ra-TI mi-ME-kh
- 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 context — Ezekiel 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.