Ezekiel 18:20:9Ezek.18.20.W9TAB
וְאָב֙
veav
“and a father”
- Transliteration
- ve-AV
- Extended
- veh-AAV
- IPA
- /vɛˈʔaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a father
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-AV
- clause
BEN lo-yi-SA ba-a-VON ha-AV ve-AV LO yi-SA ba-a-VON ha-BEN tsid-KAT ha-tsa-DIK a-LAV ti-he-YE ve-rish-AT re-SHA ha-ra-SHA a-LAV ti-he-YE
- sentence
ha-NE-fesh ha-kho-TE-et HI ta-MUT BEN lo-yi-SA ba-a-VON ha-AV ve-AV LO yi-SA ba-a-VON ha-BEN tsid-KAT ha-tsa-DIK a-LAV ti-he-YE ve-rish-AT re-SHA ha-ra-SHA a-LAV ti-he-YE
Exegesis
It then presents two chiastically arranged clauses: ben {בֵּ֞ן | bēn} ‘son’ with lo-yissa {לֹא־יִשָּׂא | lōʾ-yiś-śā} ‘shall not bear’ plus ba-avon {בַּעֲוֺן | ba-ʿă-vōn} ‘because of the iniquity’ of ha-av {הָאָ֗ב | hā-ʾāv} ‘the father’, followed by ve-av {וְאָב֙ | wə-ʾāv} ‘and the father’ with lo {לֹ֤א | lōʾ} ‘not’ + yissa {יִשָּׂא֙ | yiś-śā} ‘shall bear’ + ba-avon {בַּעֲוֺן | ba-ʿă-vōn} ‘because of the iniquity’ of ha-ben {הַבֵּ֔ן | hab-bēn} ‘the son’.
In context — Ezekiel 18:20
The soul who sins shall die. A son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 18:20, so the Hebrew word וְאָב֙ (veav) 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.18.20.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.20.W9.S1) and character.