Ezekiel 18:12:6Ezek.18.12.W6TAB
חֲבֹ֖ל
khavol
“a pledge”
- Transliteration
- kha-VOL
- Extended
- khah-VOHL
- IPA
- /ħăˈvoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- a pledge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-VOL
- 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
The infinitive-construct clause chaval lo yashiv {חֲבֹ֖ל | ḥă-vōl / לֹא יָשִׁ֑יב | lōʾ yā-šîḇ} ‘not to restore the pledge’ expresses a categorical failure of restitution.
Root and etymology
ḥ-b-lḥet–bet–lamed
“to pledge, bind”
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 18:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 18:12, so the Hebrew word חֲבֹ֖ל (khavol) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.12.W6.S1) and character.