Ezekiel 23:29:10Ezek.23.29.W10TAB
עֶרְוַ֣ת
eervat
“the nakedness of”
- Transliteration
- e-er-VAT
- Extended
- eh-ehr-VAHT
- IPA
- /ʕɛrˈvat/
Meaning by language
- English
- the nakedness of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
e-er-VAT
- phraseyour reading level
e-er-VAT ze-nu-NA-yikh
- clause
ve-nig-LA e-er-VAT ze-nu-NA-yikh ve-zim-MA-tekh ve-taz-nu-TA-yikh
- sentence
ve-a-SU o-TAKH be-sin-A ve-lak-KHU KAL-ye-gi-EKH va-a-za-VUKH e-ROM ve-er-YA ve-nig-LA e-er-VAT ze-nu-NA-yikh ve-zim-MA-tekh ve-taz-nu-TA-yikh
Exegesis
The shift to the Niphal perfect ve-niglah {וְנִגְלָה֙ | wə-nig-lāh} marks the public disclosure of ervat zenunayikh {עֶרְוַת זְנוּנַ֔יִךְ | ʿer-waṯ zə-nū-nā-yiḵ}, a construct chain highlighting the shameful acts.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-hayin–resh–heh
“nakedness, shame”
In context — Ezekiel 23:29
And they will deal with you in hatred, and they will take away all your labor, and they will leave you naked and bare, and the nakedness of your whoredoms will be uncovered—your lewdness and your prostitution .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 23:29:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 23:29, so the Hebrew word עֶרְוַ֣ת (eervat) 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.23.29.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.23.29.W10.S1) and character.