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
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
A-vel
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-SA A-vel
- 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 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 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 18:26:4 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.