Ezekiel 18:17:5Ezek.18.17.W5TAB
וְתַרְבִּית֙
vetarbit
“and profit or increase”
- Transliteration
- ve-tar-BIT
- Extended
- veh-tahr-BEET
- IPA
- /vətarˈbiːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and profit or increase
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-tar-BIT
- phraseyour reading level
NE-shekh ve-tar-BIT
- 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 coordinated nouns neshekh {נֶשֶׁךְ | ne-šek} and tarbit {תַרְבִּית | tar-bît} function as objects of the negated action lo lakach …
Root and etymology
r-b-hresh–bet–he
“increase, multiply”
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 18:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 18:17, so the Hebrew word וְתַרְבִּית֙ (vetarbit) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.17.W5.S1) and character.