Ezekiel 18:23:10Ezek.18.23.W10TAB
מִדְּרָכָ֖יו
midderakhav
“from his ways”
- Transliteration
- mid-de-ra-KHAV
- Extended
- mihd-deh-raa-KHAAV
- IPA
- /mid.dəraːˈxaːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- from his ways
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
mid-de-ra-KHAV
- phraseyour reading level
be-shu-VO mid-de-ra-KHAV
- clause
ha-LO be-shu-VO mid-de-ra-KHAV ve-kha-YA
- sentence
he-KHA-fets e-KH-pots MOT ra-SHA ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI ha-LO be-shu-VO mid-de-ra-KHAV ve-kha-YA
Exegesis
The construct beshuvo middrakhav {בְּשׁוּבוֹ מִדְּרָכָיו | bə-šū-ḇō mid-rā-ḵāw} forms a conditional phrase ‘if he turns from his ways’, and vechayah {וְחָיָה | wə-ḥā-yā} ‘and live’ states the intended outcome of restoration. The Hebrew balances a rhetorical question with a hopeful resolution, and the English retains this parallelism.
In context — Ezekiel 18:23
Do I take pleasure in the death of the wicked , declares the Lord GOD , and not in his turning from his ways and living?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:23:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 18:23, so the Hebrew word מִדְּרָכָ֖יו (midderakhav) 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.18.23.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.23.W10.S1) and character.