Ezekiel 18:12:2Ezek.18.12.W2TAB
וְאֶבְיוֹן֙
veevyon
“and a needy person”
- Transliteration
- ve-ev-YON
- Extended
- veh-ehv-YOHN
- IPA
- /vɛʔɛvˈjoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a needy person
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ev-YON
- 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.
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 18:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 18:12, so the Hebrew word וְאֶבְיוֹן֙ (veevyon) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.12.W2.S1) and character.