Ezekiel 18:19:7Ezek.18.19.W7TAB
וְהַבֵּ֞ן
vehaben
“and the son”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-BEN
- Extended
- veh-hah-BEEN
- IPA
- /vəhabˈbeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the son
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-BEN
- clause
ve-ha-BEN mish-PAT u-tsda-KA a-SA ET kol-khu-KO-tai sha-MAR va-ya-a-SE o-TAM kha-YO yikh-YE
- sentence
va-a-mar-TEM mad-DU-a lo-NA-sa ha-BEN ba-a-VON ha-AV ve-ha-BEN mish-PAT u-tsda-KA a-SA ET kol-khu-KO-tai sha-MAR va-ya-a-SE o-TAM kha-YO yikh-YE
Exegesis
The interrogative particle mǎddûaʿ {מַדֻּעַ | maḏ-dû-ʿa} 'why?' frames the complaint lo-nāśāʾ habbēn baʿăvôn hā-ʾāv {לֹא־נָשָׂא הַבֵּן בַּעֲוֺן הָאָב | lōʾ-nā-śāʾ hab-bēn ba-ʿă-vōn hā-ʾāv} 'does not the son bear the iniquity of the father?' The clause wə-hab-bēn miš-pāṭ û-ṣə-dā-qāh ʿā-śāh {וְהַבֵּן מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה עָשָׂה | wə-hab-bēn miš-pāṭ û-ṣə-dā-qāh ʿā-śāh} 'and the son does justice and righteousness' establishes the condition for individual accountability.
Root and etymology
Rootbet–nun
“son”
In context — Ezekiel 18:19
Yet you say, "Why does the son not bear the iniquity of the father?" When the son has done justice and righteousness, and has observed all My statutes and has done them, he shall surely live.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 18:19, so the Hebrew word וְהַבֵּ֞ן (vehaben) 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.18.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.19.W7.S1) and character.