Ezekiel 18:12:1Ezek.18.12.W1TAB
עָנִ֤י
ani
“a poor person”
- Transliteration
- A-ni
- Extended
- AA-nih
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a poor person
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
A-ni
- phraseyour reading level
A-ni ve-ev-YON
- clause
A-ni ve-ev-YON ho-NA ge-ze-LOT ga-ZAL kha-VOL LO ya-SHIV
- sentence
A-ni ve-ev-YON ho-NA ge-ze-LOT ga-ZAL kha-VOL LO ya-SHIV ve-el-ha-gi-lu-LIM na-SA e-NAV to-e-VA A-sa
Exegesis
It begins with the nominal phrase ani {עָנִ֤י | ʿā-nî} ‘poor’ and evyon {וְאֶבְיוֹן֙ | wə-ʾe-vyōn} ‘needy’, where the vav prefix indicates addition.
Root and etymology
ʿ-n-yʿayin–nun–yod
“to be poor, afflicted”
In context — Ezekiel 18:12
He oppresses the poor and the needy, commits robbery, does not restore the pledge, lifts his eyes to the idols, and commits abomination .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 18:12, so the Hebrew word עָנִ֤י (ani) 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.18.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.12.W1.S1) and character.