Ezekiel 22:28:9Ezek.22.28.W9TAB
כָּזָ֑ב
kazav
“a lie”
- Transliteration
- ka-ZAV
- Extended
- kaa-ZAAV
- IPA
- /kaːˈzaːv/
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
ka-ZAV
- clause
u-ne-vi-e-HA TA-khu la-HEM ta-FEL kho-ZIM SHA-ve ve-kos-me-MIM la-HEM ka-ZAV
- sentence
u-ne-vi-e-HA TA-khu la-HEM ta-FEL kho-ZIM SHA-ve ve-kos-me-MIM la-HEM ka-ZAV o-me-RIM KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI va-ye-ho-VAH LO di-BER
Exegesis
A parallelism appears in the participial phrases chozim {חֹזִ֣ים | ḥō-zîm} ‘seeing visions’ with object shav {שָׁ֔וְא | šā-wʾ} ‘vanity’ and qosemim {וְקֹסְמִ֥ים | qō-sə-mîm} ‘practicing divination’ with object kazav {כָּזָ֑ב | kā-zāḇ} ‘falsehood’, highlighting deceit.
Root and etymology
kaf–zayin–betk-z-b
“to lie”
In context — Ezekiel 22:28
Her prophets have covered them with whitewash, seeing vanity and practicing divination, saying, “Thus says the Lord GOD ,” though the LORD has not spoken.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 22:28:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 22:28, so the Hebrew word כָּזָ֑ב (kazav) 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.22.28.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.22.28.W9.S1) and character.