Ezekiel 13:23:2Ezek.13.23.W2TAB
שָׁ֚וְא
shave
“falsehood”
- Transliteration
- SHA-ve
- Extended
- SHAA-veh
- IPA
- /ˈʃaːwəʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- falsehood
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHA-ve
- clause
la-KHEN SHA-ve LO te-khe-ZE-na ve-KE-sem LO-tik-sa-ME-na OD
- sentence
la-KHEN SHA-ve LO te-khe-ZE-na ve-KE-sem LO-tik-sa-ME-na OD ve-hits-tal-TI ET-a-MI mi-yed-KHEN vi-ya-DAT-ten KI-a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
It follows with two coordinated negative clauses: first, shave {שָׁוְא | šā-weʾ} ‘falsehood’ with the Qal imperfect techezenah {תֶחֱזֶינָה | te-ḥe-zē-nāh} ‘you (f.)
Root and etymology
š–w–ʾ
“emptiness, deception”
In context — Ezekiel 13:23
Therefore, you will see falsehood no more, and you will not practice divination any longer. I will deliver My people from your hand, and you will know that I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 13:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 13:23, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֚וְא (shave) 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.13.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.23.W2.S1) and character.