Ezekiel 18:7:9Ezek.18.7.W9TAB
יִגְזֹ֑ל
yigzol
“he robs”
- Transliteration
- yig-ZOL
- Extended
- yihg-ZOHL
- IPA
- /jigˈzoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- he robs
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
yig-ZOL
- phraseyour reading level
LO yig-ZOL
- 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
Two parallel negatives, gəzēlāh lō yigzōl {גְּזֵלָה לֹא יִגְזֹל | gə-zē-lāh lō yig-zōl}, reinforce the prohibition against theft.
Root and etymology
g-z-lG Z L
“to rob, seize by force”
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 18:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 18:7, so the Hebrew word יִגְזֹ֑ל (yigzol) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.7.W9.S1) and character.