Ezekiel 22:18:15Ezek.22.18.W15TAB

הָיֽוּ׃

hayu

they have become

Transliteration
ha-YU
Extended
haa-YOO
IPA
/haːˈjuː/

Meaning by language

English
they have become

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Result
הָ + יֽוּ׃
ha + yu
hayu

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-YU

  2. 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

  3. 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 perfect form hayu-li {הָיוּ־לִ֥י | hā-yû-lî} ‘have become to me’ functions as a verbless main clause with beit-yisrael {בֵֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | bêṯ-yiś-rāʾ-êl} as the nominative subject.

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 22:18:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Ezekiel 22:18, so the Hebrew word הָיֽוּ׃ (hayu) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.22.18.W15.S1) and character.