Ezekiel 18:26:4Ezek.18.26.W4TAB

עָ֖וֶל

avel

injustice

Transliteration
A-vel
Extended
AA-veh l
IPA
/ˈʕaː.ʋɛl/

Meaning by language

English
injustice

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
עָ֖ + וֶל
a + vel
avel

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    A-vel

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-a-SA A-vel

  3. clause

    be-SHUV-tsa-DIK mits-tsid-ka-TO ve-a-SA A-vel u-MET a-le-HEM

  4. 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 waw-consecutive ve-asah {וְעָ֥שָׂה | wə-ʿā-sāh} ‘and he did’ introduces the act avel {עָוֶל | ʿā-wel} ‘injustice.’

Root and etymology

ʿ-w-layin–waw–lamed

to act unjustly

In contextEzekiel 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 18:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 18:26, so the Hebrew word עָ֖וֶל (avel) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.26.W4.S1) and character.