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
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-O-fe-ret
- phraseyour reading level
u-ve-DIL u-var-ZEL ve-O-fe-ret
- 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
- 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 context — Ezekiel 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.