Ezekiel 18:26:1Ezek.18.26.W1TAB
בְּשׁוּב־צַדִּ֧יק
beshuvtsadik
“when a righteous turns back”
- Transliteration
- be-SHUV-tsa-DIK
- Extended
- beh-SHOOV-tsah-DEEK
- IPA
- /bəˈʃuːv.tsˁadˈdiːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- when a righteous turns back
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-SHUV-tsa-DIK
- phraseyour reading level
be-SHUV-tsa-DIK mits-tsid-ka-TO
- clause
be-SHUV-tsa-DIK mits-tsid-ka-TO ve-a-SA A-vel u-MET a-le-HEM
- sentence
be-SHUV-tsa-DIK mits-tsid-ka-TO ve-a-SA A-vel u-MET a-le-HEM be-av-LO a-SHER-a-SA ya-MUT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the infinitive construct beshuv {בְּשׁוּב־ | bə-šuv} ‘turning away,’ forming a temporal-conditional clause.
The subject tsaddiq {צַדִּיק | ṣad-dîq} ‘righteous one’ links to mi-tsidkato {מִצִּדְקָת֛וֹ | mi-ṣid-qā-tō} ‘from his righteousness,’ marking prior status.
Root and etymology
š-w-bshin–waw–bet
“to return; to turn back”
In context — Ezekiel 18:26
When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and commits injustice , and he dies because of it, he will die for the wrongdoing he has done.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 18:26, so the Hebrew word בְּשׁוּב־צַדִּ֧יק (beshuvtsadik) 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.18.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.26.W1.S1) and character.