Ezekiel 18:17:2Ezek.18.17.W2TAB
הֵשִׁ֣יב
heshiv
“he turns back”
- Transliteration
- he-SHIV
- Extended
- heh-SHEEV
- IPA
- /heːˈʃiːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- he turns back
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-SHIV
- phraseyour reading level
he-SHIV ya-DO
- clause
me-a-NI he-SHIV ya-DO NE-shekh ve-tar-BIT LO la-KHAKH mish-pa-TAI a-SA be-khu-kko-TAI ha-LAKH
- sentence
me-a-NI he-SHIV ya-DO NE-shekh ve-tar-BIT LO la-KHAKH mish-pa-TAI a-SA be-khu-kko-TAI ha-LAKH HU LO ya-MUT ba-a-VON a-VIV kha-YO yikh-YE
Exegesis
The verse presents a protasis-conclusion structure where a series of perfect verbs—heshiv {הֵשִׁיב | hē-šîḇ} ‘he turned back’, lakach {לָקָח | lā-qach} ‘he took’, asah {עָשָׂה | ʿā-śāh} ‘he practiced’, halakh {הָלָךְ | hā-lāḵ} ‘he walked’—enumerate the righteous conduct.
In context — Ezekiel 18:17
He withdrew his hand from oppressing the poor, did not take interest or increase, practiced my judgments, walked in my statutes; he will not die for his father’s iniquity, he will surely live.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 18:17, so the Hebrew word הֵשִׁ֣יב (heshiv) 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.18.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.17.W2.S1) and character.