Ezekiel 14:16:11Ezek.14.16.W11TAB

יַצִּ֑ילוּ

yatsilu

they would deliver or they would rescue

Transliteration
ya-tsi-LU
Extended
yah-tsee-LOO
IPA
/jatsˈsiːluː/

Meaning by language

English
they would deliver or they would rescue

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יַ + צִּ֑י + לוּ
ya + tsi + lu
yatsilu

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ya-tsi-LU

  2. clause

    she-LO-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-ba-NIM ve-im-ba-NOT ya-tsi-LU

  3. sentence

    she-LO-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-E-le be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-ba-NIM ve-im-ba-NOT ya-tsi-LU HE-ma le-vad-DAM yin-na-TSE-lu ve-ha-A-rets ti-he-YE she-ma-MA

Exegesis

The Hiphil imperfect yatsilu {יַצִּילוּ | yaṣṣîlû} ‘they deliver’ contrasts with the Niphal imperfect yinnatselu {יִנָּצֵ֔לוּ | yinnāṣēlû} ‘they will be delivered’, highlighting active rescue versus self-rescue.

Root and etymology

n-ṣ-l

to rescue, deliver

In contextEzekiel 14:16

Even if these three men were in its midst, as I live, declares the Lord God , they would not deliver sons or daughters; they alone would be delivered, but the land would become desolate .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 14:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 14:16, so the Hebrew word יַצִּ֑ילוּ (yatsilu) 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.14.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.16.W11.S1) and character.