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
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ya-tsi-LU
- 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
- 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 context — Ezekiel 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.