Exodus 20:25:6Exod.20.25.W6TAB
גָּזִ֑ית
gahzeet
“hewn stone”
- Transliteration
- gah-ZEET
- Extended
- gah-ZEET
- IPA
- /gaˈziːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- hewn stone
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gah-ZEET
- clause
veh-IM-miz-BAKH a-va-NIM ta-ah-seh-LEE loh-tiv-NEH et-HEN gah-ZEET
- sentence
veh-IM-miz-BAKH a-va-NIM ta-ah-seh-LEE loh-tiv-NEH et-HEN gah-ZEET KEE khar-be-KHAH he-NAF-TAA a-LE-ha va-te-khal-LE-ha
Exegesis
The apodosis lō tivneh ethen gazit {לֹֽא־תִבְנֶ֥ה אֶתְהֶ֖ן גָּזִ֑ית | lōʾ tiv-neh ʾĕṯ-hēn gā-zît} ‘you shall not build them with hewn stones’ delivers the prohibition.
Root and etymology
g-z-zgimel–zayin–zayin
“to cut, hew”
In context — Exodus 20:25
And if you make an altar of stones for Me , you shall not build it with hewn stones, for if you lift your tool against it, you will profane it.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 20:25, so the Hebrew word גָּזִ֑ית (gahzeet) 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 Exod.20.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.25.W6.S1) and character.