Ezekiel 17:19:9Ezek.17.19.W9TAB
בָּזָ֔ה
baza
“he despised”
- Transliteration
- ba-ZA
- Extended
- baa-ZAA
- IPA
- /baːˈzaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he despised
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-ZA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ba-ZA
- clause
la-KHEN ko-A-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI khai-a-NI im-LO a-la-TI a-SHER ba-ZA u-ve-ri-TI a-SHER he-FIR
- sentence
la-KHEN ko-A-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI khai-a-NI im-LO a-la-TI a-SHER ba-ZA u-ve-ri-TI a-SHER he-FIR u-ne-tat-TIV be-ro-SHO
Exegesis
The objects alati {אָלָתִי֙ | ʾā-lā-tî} ‘my oath’ and u-britti {וּבְרִיתִ֖י | û-ḇə-rî-tî} ‘my covenant’ are linked by parallel clauses introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă-šer}, describing what he despised (bazah {בָּזָ֔ה | bā-zāh}) and what he broke (hefir {הֵפִ֑יר | hē-pîr}).
Root and etymology
Rootbet-zayin-heh
“to despise”
In context — Ezekiel 17:19
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD : As I live , surely my oath—which he has despised—and my covenant—which he has broken—I will place it upon his head.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 17:19, so the Hebrew word בָּזָ֔ה (baza) 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.17.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.19.W9.S1) and character.