Ezekiel 21:29:5Ezek.21.29.W5TABWLC Ezekiel 21:34
כָזָ֑ב
khazav
“a lie”
- Transliteration
- kha-ZAV
- Extended
- khaa-ZAAV
- IPA
- /xaˈzaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- a lie
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-ZAV
- clause
be-kha-za-ZOT LAKH SHAV bik-SAM-LAKH kha-ZAV
- sentence
be-kha-za-ZOT LAKH SHAV bik-SAM-LAKH kha-ZAV la-TET o-TAKH el-tsav-va-REI khal-le-LEI re-sha-IM a-SHER-BA yo-MAM be-ET a-VON KETS
Exegesis
The nouns shav {שָׁוְא | šāw} ‘vanity’ and kazav {כָּזָב | kā-zāḇ} ‘deceit’ form a chiastic parallel that intensifies the charge of false prophecy.
Root and etymology
כ־ז־בk-z-b
“lie, falsehood”
In context — Ezekiel 21:29
While they see vanity for you and practice deceitful divination for you, to place you on the necks of the slain of the wicked whose day has come when iniquity reaches its end.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 21:29, so the Hebrew word כָזָ֑ב (khazav) 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.21.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.29.W5.S1) and character.