Ezekiel 21:9:2Ezek.21.9.W2TABWLC Ezekiel 21:14

הִנָּבֵ֖א

hinnave

prophesy

Transliteration
hi-nna-VE
Extended
hihn-nah-VEE
IPA
/hin.naːˈveː/

Meaning by language

English
prophesy

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Result
הִ + נָּ + בֵ֖א
hi + nna + ve
hinnave

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    hi-nna-VE

  2. sentence

    ben-A-dam hi-nna-VE ve-o-MAR-ta KO o-MAR a-do-NAI e-MOR KHE-rev KHE-rev hu-kha-DDA ve-gam-me-ru-TTA

Exegesis

The imperative hin-nā-vēʾ {הִנָּבֵא | hin-nā-vēʾ} ‘prophesy’ initiates the oracle, immediately followed by the cohortative perfect wə-ʾā-mar-tā {וְאָמַרְתָּ | wə-ʾā-mar-tā} ‘and you shall say’, establishing the prophet’s speaking role.

Root and etymology

Rootn-b-ʾ

to prophesy

In contextEzekiel 21:9

Son of man, prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord GOD , ‘A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished .’

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 21:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 21:9, so the Hebrew word הִנָּבֵ֖א (hinnave) 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.21.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.9.W2.S1) and character.