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

Result
וּ + צְ + דָ + קָֽה׃
u + tse + da + ka
utsedaka

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Tsadets as in cats
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-tse-da-KA

  2. clause

    ve-a-SA mish-pe-TAT u-tse-da-KA

  3. 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 contextEzekiel 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.