Jonah 2:9:4Jonah.2.9.W4TABWLC Jonah 2:10
אֶזְבְּחָה־לְּךָ֔
ezevbekhalekha
“I will sacrifice to you”
- Transliteration
- e-zev-be-KHA-le-KHA
- Extended
- eh-zehv-beh-KHAH-leh-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʔɛz.vəˈħaː.ləkʰaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will sacrifice to you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
e-zev-be-KHA-le-KHA
- clause
va-a-NI be-KOL to-DA e-zev-be-KHA-le-KHA a-SHER na-DAR-ti a-sha-le-MA
- sentence
va-a-NI be-KOL to-DA e-zev-be-KHA-le-KHA a-SHER na-DAR-ti a-sha-le-MA ye-shu-a-TA la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Two parallel verb clauses—ʾez-bə-ḥā lā-ḵ {אֶזְבְּחָה־לָּךְ | ʾez-bə-ḥā lā-ḵ} and ʾă-šal-lə-māh nə-ḏā-rāy {אֲשַׁלְּמָה נְדָרַי | ʾă-šal-lə-māh nə-ḏā-rāy}—structure the fulfillment of vows through sacrifice and payment.
Root and etymology
z-b-ḥ
“to sacrifice”
In context — Jonah 2:9
But I, with a voice of Thanksgiving , will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is of the LORD .
About this coordinate
Jonah 2:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jonah 2:9, so the Hebrew word אֶזְבְּחָה־לְּךָ֔ (ezevbekhalekha) 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 Jonah.2.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.2.9.W4.S1) and character.