Ezekiel 18:8:6Ezek.18.8.W6TAB
מֵעָ֖וֶל
meovel
“from injustice”
- Transliteration
- me-O-vel
- Extended
- mee-OH-veh l
- IPA
- /meːʕaːˈvɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- from injustice
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-O-vel
- clause
ba-NE-shekh lo-YI-ten ve-tar-BIT LO yik-KAKH me-O-vel ya-SHIV YA-do
- sentence
ba-NE-shekh lo-YI-ten ve-tar-BIT LO yik-KAKH me-O-vel ya-SHIV YA-do mish-PAT e-MET ya-a-SE BEN ISH le-ISH
Exegesis
The Hifil imperfect yāšîḇ in mē-ʿāwel yāšîḇ yādô {מֵעָוֶל יָשִׁיב יָדוֹ | mē-ʿāwel yāšîḇ yādô} ‘from injustice he turns back his hand’ underscores active restraint.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-w-l
“injustice”
In context — Ezekiel 18:8
He does not lend at interest nor take a profit; from injustice he withdraws his hand; he executes true judgment between one person and another.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 18:8, so the Hebrew word מֵעָ֖וֶל (meovel) 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.18.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.8.W6.S1) and character.