Ezekiel 18:16:14Ezek.18.16.W14TAB

כִּסָּה־בָֽגֶד׃

kisavaged

he covered with a garment

Transliteration
ki-SA-va-GED
Extended
kih-SAA-vah-GEHd
IPA
/kisːaːvaːˈɣɛd/

Meaning by language

English
he covered with a garment

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
כִּ + סָּה + בָֽ + גֶד׃
ki + sa + va + ged
kisavaged

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Samekhs as in sit
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Gimelg as in good
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    ki-SA-va-GED

  2. clause

    lakh-MO le-ra-EV na-TAN ve-e-ROM ki-SA-va-GED

  3. sentence

    ve-ISH LO ho-NA kha-VOL LO kha-VAL u-ge-ZE-la LO ga-ZAL lakh-MO le-ra-EV na-TAN ve-e-ROM ki-SA-va-GED

Exegesis

The closing parallel clause ve’erom kissah beged {وְעֵרֹם כִּסָּה־בָגֶד | wə-‘ē-rōm kis-sāh ba-ged}: ‘and naked he covered with a garment’ balances the moral structure, contrasting forbidden acts with required benevolence.

Root and etymology

b-g-dbet–gimel–dalet

garment, covering

In contextEzekiel 18:16

He has not oppressed any man, has not taken a pledge , nor committed robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry and covered the naked with a garment.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 18:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Ezekiel 18:16, so the Hebrew word כִּסָּה־בָֽגֶד׃ (kisavaged) 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.18.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.16.W14.S1) and character.