Ezekiel 21:3:9Ezek.21.3.W9TABWLC Ezekiel 21:8

וְהוֹצֵאתִ֥י

vehotseti

and I will bring out

Transliteration
ve-ho-tse-TI
Extended
veh-hoh-tseh-TEE
IPA
/wəhoːtseːˈtiː/

Meaning by language

English
and I will bring out

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + הוֹ + צֵא + תִ֥י
ve + ho + tse + ti
vehotseti

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
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tsadets as in cats
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
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-ho-tse-TI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ho-tse-TI khar-BI

  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 Hifil sequence vehotseʼti kharbi mitaʿarah {וְהוֹצֵאתִי חַרְבִּי מִתַּעֲרָהּ | wə-hō-ṣē-ʾî ḥar-bî mi-ṭa-ʿā-rāh} ‘and I will bring out my sword from its sheath’ functions as a metaphor for impending judgment.

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 21:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 21:3, so the Hebrew word וְהוֹצֵאתִ֥י (vehotseti) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.3.W9.S1) and character.