Ezekiel 13:7:2Ezek.13.7.W2TAB
מַֽחֲזֵה־שָׁוְא֙
makhazeshave
“a vision of emptiness or falsehood”
- Transliteration
- ma-kha-ZE-sha-VE
- Extended
- mah-khah-ZEH-shah-VEH
- IPA
- /maħăˈzeː.ʃaːwəʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a vision of emptiness or falsehood
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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
ma-kha-ZE-sha-VE
- phraseyour reading level
ha-lo ma-kha-ZE-sha-VE
- clause
ha-lo ma-kha-ZE-sha-VE kha-ZI-tem u-mik-SAM ka-ZAV a-MAR-tem
- sentence
ha-lo ma-kha-ZE-sha-VE kha-ZI-tem u-mik-SAM ka-ZAV a-MAR-tem ve-o-me-RIM ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH va-a-NI LO di-BAR-ti
Exegesis
Two accusative constructs follow in sequence: machazeh-shav {מַֽחֲזֵה-שָׁוְא֙ | maḥăzê-šāwʾ} ‘vision of emptiness’ and the construct chain miksam kazav {וּמִקְסַ֥ם כָּזָ֖ב | û-miq-sam kā-zāḇ} ‘divination of falsehood’, each linked to a perfect verb: chazitem {חֲזִיתֶ֔ם | ḥăzî-tem} ‘you have seen’ and amartem {אֲמַרְתֶּ֑ם | ʾă-mar-tem} ‘you have spoken’.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–waw–aleph
“emptiness”
In context — Ezekiel 13:7
Is it not a vision of emptiness that you have seen, and a divination of falsehood that you have spoken? And you keep saying, “Oracle of the LORD ,” but I have not spoken.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 13:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 13:7, so the Hebrew word מַֽחֲזֵה־שָׁוְא֙ (makhazeshave) 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.13.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.7.W2.S1) and character.