Ezekiel 20:24:6Ezek.20.24.W6TAB
וְאֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֣י
veetshabbetotai
“and my Sabbaths”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-shab-be-TO-TAI
- Extended
- veh-EET-shahb-beh-toh-TOH-tai
- IPA
- /vəʔɛt.ʃab.bəˈtˤoːtˤaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and my Sabbaths
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-shab-be-TO-TAI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET-shab-be-TO-TAI khil-le-LU
- 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
The direct object marker within veʾet-shabbatotai {וְאֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַי | wə-’eṯ-šabbətôṯāy} ‘and my Sabbaths’ precedes the Piel perfect hilelû {חִלֵּלוּ | ḥillelû} ‘they profaned’, heightening the sense of deliberate desecration.
Root and etymology
Rootš-b-t
“rest”
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 20:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 20:24, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתַ֣י (veetshabbetotai) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.24.W6.S1) and character.