Ezekiel 20:22:1Ezek.20.22.W1TAB
וָהֲשִׁבֹ֙תִי֙
vahashivoti
“but I turned back”
- Transliteration
- va-ha-shi-VO-ti
- Extended
- vaa-hah-shih-VOH-tee
- IPA
- /vaːhăʃiˈvoːtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but I turned back
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
va-ha-shi-VO-ti
- clause
va-ha-shi-VO-ti ET-YA-di va-a-AS le-MA-an she-MI
- sentence
va-ha-shi-VO-ti ET-YA-di va-a-AS le-MA-an she-MI le-vil-TI he-KHEL le-e-NE ha-go-YIM a-sher-ho-tse-TI o-TAM le-e-NE-hem
Exegesis
The verb wāʾeš-bōṯ {וָאֶשְׁבֹּת | wāʾeš-bōṯ} is a Qal wayyiqtol of shavat {שָׁבַת | ša-vaṯ} ‘to cease’, here rendered ‘but I withheld’, invoking the metaphor of the divine hand for action.
Root and etymology
ש־ב־ת
“to rest, cease”
In context — Ezekiel 20:22
But I withheld my hand and acted for the sake of my name , in order that it would not be profaned before the eyes of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 20:22, so the Hebrew word וָהֲשִׁבֹ֙תִי֙ (vahashivoti) 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.20.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.22.W1.S1) and character.