Ezekiel 14:20:12Ezek.14.20.W12TAB
יַצִּ֑ילוּ
yatsilu
“they would deliver”
- Transliteration
- ya-tsi-LU
- Extended
- yah-tsee-LOO
- IPA
- /jat.tsiˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they would deliver
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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
ve-NO-akh da-ne-AL da-ni-EL ve-i-YOV be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-BEN im-BAT ya-tsi-LU
- sentence
ve-NO-akh da-ne-AL da-ni-EL ve-i-YOV be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-BEN im-BAT ya-tsi-LU HE-ma be-tsid-ka-TAM ya-tsi-LU naf-SHAM
Exegesis
The Hifil verb yaṣ·ṣî·lû {יַצִּ֑ילוּ | yaṣ-ṣî-lû} ‘they would deliver’ paired with hêmāh {הֵ֥מָּה | hē-māh} ‘they’ and the instrumental be·ṣid·qā·ṯām {בְצִדְקָתָ֖ם | bə-ṣid-qā-ṯām} ‘by their righteousness’ underscores the limiting force of personal merit.
The final yaṣ·ṣî·lû {יַצִּ֥ילוּ | yaṣ-ṣî-lû} ‘they would deliver’ with nap̄·šām {נַפְשָֽׁם | nap̄-šām} ‘their lives’ reinforces that only individual deliverance is possible. This rendering preserves the Hebrew parallelism and conditional structure while smoothing repetition for clarity.
Root and etymology
n-ṣ-l
“to rescue, deliver”
In context — Ezekiel 14:20
Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in its midst, as I live, declares the LORD GOD , they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they, by their righteousness , would deliver only their own lives.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 14:20, 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.14.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.20.W12.S1) and character.