Ezekiel 18:5:6Ezek.18.5.W6TAB
וּצְדָקָֽה׃
utsedaka
“and righteousness”
- Transliteration
- u-tse-da-KA
- Extended
- oo-tseh-dah-KAA
- IPA
- /uː.tsədaːˈqaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and righteousness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-tse-da-KA
- 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 coordinated terms mišpāṭ {מִשְׁפָּט | miš-pā-ṭ} and uṣədāqāh {וּצְדָקָה | û-ṣə-dā-qāh} form synonymous parallelism, pairing communal justice with personal righteousness.
Root and etymology
Rootṣ–d–q
“to be just, righteous”
In context — Ezekiel 18:5
But if a man is righteous and does what is just and right.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 18:5, so the Hebrew word וּצְדָקָֽה׃ (utsedaka) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.5.W6.S1) and character.