Ezekiel 23:13:1Ezek.23.13.W1TAB
וָאֵ֖רֶא
vaere
“and I saw”
- Transliteration
- va-e-RE
- Extended
- vaa-eh-REH
- IPA
- /vaːʔɛˈrɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I saw
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
va-e-RE
- clause
va-e-RE KI nit-me-MA-a
- sentence
va-e-RE KI nit-me-MA-a DE-rekh e-KHAD lish-te-HE-n
Exegesis
The verse begins with the wayyiqtol va’ere {וָאֵ֖רֶא | wā-’ê-re’} ‘and I saw’, marking the narrative shift into the prophet’s perspective.
In context — Ezekiel 23:13
And I saw that she was defiled; one way was for both of them.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 23:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 23:13, so the Hebrew word וָאֵ֖רֶא (vaere) 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.23.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.23.13.W1.S1) and character.