Ezekiel 18:7:4Ezek.18.7.W4TAB
חֲבֹלָת֥וֹ
khavolato
“his pledge”
- Transliteration
- kha-vo-la-TO
- Extended
- khah-voh-lah-TOH
- IPA
- /ħăvoːlaːˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his pledge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
kha-vo-la-TO
- phraseyour reading level
kha-vo-la-TO KHOV
- clause
ve-ISH LO yo-NE kha-vo-la-TO KHOV ya-SHIV ge-ze-LA LO yig-ZOL
- sentence
ve-ISH LO yo-NE kha-vo-la-TO KHOV ya-SHIV ge-ze-LA LO yig-ZOL lakh-MO le-ra-EV yit-TEN ve-e-ROM ye-kha-SE-ba-GED
Exegesis
The construct chain ḥăvōlāṯō ḥōv yāšîv {חֲבֹלָתוֹ חוֹב יָשִׁיב | ḥă-vō-lā-tō ḥōv yā-šîv} “his pledge of debt he restores” employs the Hiphil imperfect for active restitution.
Root and etymology
ch-b-lchet–bet–lamed
“to pledge”
In context — Ezekiel 18:7
And he does not oppress any man, he restores his pledge to the debtor, does not commit robbery , gives his bread to the hungry, and covers the naked with a garment .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 18:7, so the Hebrew word חֲבֹלָת֥וֹ (khavolato) 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.18.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.7.W4.S1) and character.