Ezekiel 22:18:10Ezek.22.18.W10TAB

וְעוֹפֶ֙רֶת֙

veoferet

and lead

Transliteration
ve-O-fe-ret
Extended
veh-OH-feh-reht
IPA
/vəˈʕoː.fɛ.rɛt/

Meaning by language

English
and lead

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + עוֹ + פֶ֙ + רֶת֙
ve + o + fe + ret
veoferet

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Pep with dagesh; f without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-O-fe-ret

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-ve-DIL u-var-ZEL ve-O-fe-ret

  3. clause

    ku-LAM ne-KHO-shet u-ve-DIL u-var-ZEL ve-O-fe-ret be-TOKH KUR si-GIM KE-sef ha-YU

  4. sentence

    ben-A-dam ha-YU-li veit-yis-ra-EL le-sug le-SIG ku-LAM ne-KHO-shet u-ve-DIL u-var-ZEL ve-O-fe-ret be-TOKH KUR si-GIM KE-sef ha-YU

Exegesis

The paired prepositions le-sug {לְסוּג | lə-sūg} and le-sig {לְסִ֑יג | lə-sîg} introduce the smelting-waste metaphor, specified by the list nechoshet u-vedil u-varzel ve-oferet {נְ֠חֹשֶׁת וּבְדִיל וּבַרְזֶל וְעוֹפֶ֙רֶת֙ | nəḥōšet u-ḇədīl u-varzēl və-ʿōferet}.

In contextEzekiel 22:18

Son of Man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me ; all of them are bronze, tin, iron, and lead within the furnace, and they have become the dross of silver .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 22:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 22:18, so the Hebrew word וְעוֹפֶ֙רֶת֙ (veoferet) 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.22.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.22.18.W10.S1) and character.