Ezekiel 20:24:5Ezek.20.24.W5TAB
מָאָ֖סוּ
maasu
“they rejected or they despised”
- Transliteration
- ma-A-SU
- Extended
- maa-AH-suu
- IPA
- /maːʔaːˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they rejected or they despised
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-A-SU
- clause
YA-an mish-pa-TAI LO-a-SU ve-khu-kO-TAI ma-A-SU ve-ET-shab-be-TO-TAI khil-le-LU
- sentence
YA-an mish-pa-TAI LO-a-SU ve-khu-kO-TAI ma-A-SU ve-ET-shab-be-TO-TAI khil-le-LU ve-a-kha-REI gil-lu-LEI a-vo-TAM ha-YU e-NEI-hem
Exegesis
Conjoined by vechukkotai {וְחֻקֹּתַי | wə-ḥukkôṯāy} ‘and my statutes’ (another construct with pronominal suffix) and maʾasu {מָאַסוּ | māʾôsû} ‘they despised’ (Qal perfect), the text intensifies contempt for the law.
In context — Ezekiel 20:24
Because they did not carry out my judgments and despised my statutes , profaned my Sabbaths, and set their eyes on the idols of their fathers.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 20:24, so the Hebrew word מָאָ֖סוּ (maasu) 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.20.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.24.W5.S1) and character.