Ezekiel 20:44:12Ezek.20.44.W12TAB
הַנִּשְׁחָת֖וֹת
hannishkhatot
“the corrupt ones”
- Transliteration
- han-nish-kha-TOT
- Extended
- hahn-nish-khah-TOHT
- IPA
- /han.niʃħaˈtoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the corrupt ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
han-nish-kha-TOT
- clause
LO khe-dar-KHE-khem ha-ra-IM u-khe-li-lo-TEI-khem han-nish-kha-TOT BEIT yis-ra-EL ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
- sentence
vi-DA-TEHM ki-a-NI ye-ho-VAH ba-a-so-TI ET-khem le-MA-an she-MI LO khe-dar-KHE-khem ha-ra-IM u-khe-li-lo-TEI-khem han-nish-kha-TOT BEIT yis-ra-EL ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
Exegesis
The parallel phrases lo kədarkheikhem hara‘im {לֹא כְּדַרְכֵיכֶם הָרָעִים | lōʾ kə-ḏar-khei-khem hā-rā-ʾîm} and weka‘aliloteikhem hanishchatôt {וְכַעֲלִילוֹתֵיכֶם הַנִּשְׁחָתוֹת | wə-ka-ʿă-li-lo-tê-khem ha-niš-ḥā-ṭōt} use synonymous parallelism to contrast divine mercy with human corruption.
Root and etymology
ש־ח־תshin–chet–tav
“to destroy, corrupt”
In context — Ezekiel 20:44
And you will know that I am the LORD when I deal with you for the sake of my name , not according to your evil ways or your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:44:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 20:44, so the Hebrew word הַנִּשְׁחָת֖וֹת (hannishkhatot) 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.20.44.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.44.W12.S1) and character.