Ezekiel 22:29:5Ezek.22.29.W5TAB
וְגָזְל֖וּ
vegazlu
“and have robbed”
- Transliteration
- ve-gaz-LU
- Extended
- veh-gaaz-LOO
- IPA
- /vəɣɔzəˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and have robbed
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 | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-gaz-LU
- clause
AM ha-A-rets a-she-KU O-shek ve-gaz-LU ga-ZEL
- sentence
AM ha-A-rets a-she-KU O-shek ve-gaz-LU ga-ZEL ve-a-NI ve-ev-YON ho-NU ve-et-ha-GER a-she-KU be-LO mish-PAT
Exegesis
The verse begins with the subject am ha-aretz {עַם הָאָרֶץ | ʿam hā-ʾā-reṣ} “people of the land,” followed by four parallel verb–object pairs—ʿāšaq ʿōšeq {עָשְׁקוּ עֹשֶׁק | ʿā-šə-qû ʿō-šeq} “practiced oppression,” wə-ḡāzlu ġāzēl {וְגָזְלוּ גָּזֵל | wə-ḡā-zlû ġā-zēl} “and committed robbery,” hô-nû ʿānî wə-ʾev-yōn {הוֹנּוּ עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן | hô-nû ʿānî wə-ʾev-yōn} “they mistreated the poor and needy,” and ʿāšaq hā-ɡēr {עָשְׁקוּ הַגֵּר | ʿā-šə-qû hā-ɡēr} “and oppressed the sojourner.” Each cognate object intensifies the action.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–zayin–lamed
“to rob, take by force”
In context — Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery; they have mistreated the poor and the needy, and they have oppressed the sojourner without justice.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 22:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 22:29, so the Hebrew word וְגָזְל֖וּ (vegazlu) 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.22.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.22.29.W5.S1) and character.