Ezekiel 18:5:4Ezek.18.5.W4TAB
וְעָשָׂ֥ה
veasa
“and he does”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-SA
- Extended
- veh-ah-SAA
- IPA
- /vəʕaːˈsɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he does
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-a-SA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-SA mish-pe-TAT
- clause
ve-a-SA mish-pe-TAT u-tse-da-KA
- sentence
ve-ISH KI-yih-HE tsa-DIK ve-a-SA mish-pe-TAT u-tse-da-KA
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive perfect ve’asah {וְעָשָׂה | wə-’ă-śâh} then shifts to the action “and he does.”
Root and etymology
ʿ-š-hayin–shin–heh
“to do or make”
In context — Ezekiel 18:5
But if a man is righteous and does what is just and right.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 18:5, so the Hebrew word וְעָשָׂ֥ה (veasa) 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.18.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.5.W4.S1) and character.