Ezekiel 18:12:13Ezek.18.12.W13TAB
עָשָֽׂה׃
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
- clause
ve-el-ha-gi-lu-LIM na-SA e-NAV to-e-VA A-sa
- 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
This is followed by nasa einav el-hagillulim {נָשָׂ֣א | nā-sāʾ / עֵינָ֔יו | ʿê-nāw / אֶל־הַגִּלּוּלִים֙ | ʾel ha-gillûlîm} ‘he lifts his eyes to the idols’, portraying idolatrous orientation, and concludes with asah to'evah {עָשָֽׂה | ʿā-śāh / תּוֹעֵבָ֖ה | tô-ʿê-wāh} ‘to commit an abomination’ as the moral summation. The absence of subordinating conjunctions creates an unrelenting series of actions that underscore the comprehensive nature of the transgressions.
Root and etymology
ʿ-š-hayin–shin–heh
“to do or make”
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 18:12:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Ezekiel 18:12, so the Hebrew word עָשָֽׂה׃ (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.18.12.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.12.W13.S1) and character.