Ezekiel 18:11:4Ezek.18.11.W4TAB
עָשָׂ֑ה
asa
“he did”
- Transliteration
- a-SA
- Extended
- aa-SAA
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈsaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he did
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SA
- phraseyour reading level
LO a-SA
- clause
ve-HU et-KAL-E-le LO a-SA
- sentence
ve-HU et-KAL-E-le LO a-SA KI GAM el-he-ha-RIM a-KHAL ve-et-E-shet re-E-HU ti-ME
Exegesis
The clause et-kol-elleh lo asah {אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֖לֶּה לֹ֣א עָשָׂ֑ה | ʾet-kôl-ʾēl-leh lōʾ ʿā-śāh} ‘he did none of all these’ employs summary negation to contrast his behavior with earlier expectations.
Root and etymology
ʿ-š-hayin–shin–heh
“to do or make”
In context — Ezekiel 18:11
Though he himself did none of all these things, yet he ate upon the mountains and defiled his neighbor’s wife.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 18:11, so the Hebrew word עָשָׂ֑ה (asa) 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.18.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.11.W4.S1) and character.