Ezekiel 16:49:3Ezek.16.49.W3TAB
עֲוֺ֖ן
avon
“iniquity”
- Transliteration
- a-VON
- Extended
- ah-VON
- IPA
- /ʕăˈwɔn/
Meaning by language
- English
- iniquity
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-VON
- clause
hin-NE-ze ha-YA a-VON se-DOM a-kho-TEKH
- sentence
hin-NE-ze ha-YA a-VON se-DOM a-kho-TEKH ga-ON siv-AT-le-khem ve-shal-VAT ha-shi-KET ha-YA LAH ve-liv-no-TE-ha ve-YAD-a-NI ve-ev-YON LO he-khe-ZI-ka
Exegesis
The nominal clause pairs the copula hāyāh {הָיָה | hāyāh} ‘was’ with the abstract noun ʿăvōn {עֲוֺן | ʿăvōn} ‘iniquity’.
Root and etymology
RootAyin-Vav-Nun
“to bend, twist; guilt, iniquity”
In context — Ezekiel 16:49
Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, abundance of bread, and prosperity of ease were hers and her daughters’, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:49:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 16:49, so the Hebrew word עֲוֺ֖ן (avon) 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.16.49.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.49.W3.S1) and character.