Ezekiel 23:48:1Ezek.23.48.W1TAB
וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥י
vehishbatti
“and I will put an end”
- Transliteration
- ve-hish-BAT-TI
- Extended
- veh-hihsh-BAT-TEE
- IPA
- /vəhiʃˈbat.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I will put an end
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hish-BAT-TI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hish-BAT-TI zim-MA
- clause
ve-hish-BAT-TI zim-MA min-ha-A-rets
- sentence
ve-hish-BAT-TI zim-MA min-ha-A-rets ve-ni-va-se-RU kol-ha-na-SHIM ve-LO ta-a-se-NA ke-zim-MAT-khe-NA
Exegesis
The verse opens with vehishbati {וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי | wə-hiš-bat-tî} followed by the object zimmah {זִמָּה | zim-māh}, forming a causative main clause in which the speaker announces a decisive termination of a specific evil practice.
Root and etymology
consonantsshin–bet–tav
“to cease, stop”
In context — Ezekiel 23:48
And I will cause lewdness to cease from the land, and all the women will be disciplined, and they will not act according to your lewdness .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 23:48:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 23:48, so the Hebrew word וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֥י (vehishbatti) 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.23.48.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.23.48.W1.S1) and character.