Ezekiel 13:6:2Ezek.13.6.W2TAB
שָׁוְא֙
shave
“emptiness”
- Transliteration
- sha-VE
- Extended
- shaa-VEH
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈvɛʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- emptiness
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
- phraseyour reading level
KHA-ZU sha-VE
- clause
KHA-ZU sha-VE ve-KE-sem ka-ZAV ha-o-me-RIM ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH va-ye-ho-VAH LO she-la-KHAM
- sentence
KHA-ZU sha-VE ve-KE-sem ka-ZAV ha-o-me-RIM ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH va-ye-ho-VAH LO she-la-KHAM ve-yi-kha-LU le-kai-YEM da-VAR
Exegesis
The verse opens with chazu {חָ֤זוּ | chāzû} “they have seen,” taking two direct objects, shav {שָׁוְא֙ | šāwʾ} “emptiness” and qesem {קֶ֣סֶם | qésem} “divination,” framed by kazav {כָּזָ֔ב | kāzāv} “lie” to intensify the deceit.
Root and etymology
ש־ו־א
“emptiness, vanity”
In context — Ezekiel 13:6
They have seen falsehood and lying divination, those who say, “An utterance of the LORD ,” though the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope that the word will be confirmed.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 13:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 13:6, so the Hebrew word שָׁוְא֙ (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.13.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.6.W2.S1) and character.