Ezekiel 22:9:11Ezek.22.9.W11TAB
עָשׂ֥וּ
asu
“they did”
- Transliteration
- a-SU
- Extended
- aa-SOO
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they did
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SU
- phraseyour reading level
a-SU be-to-KHEKH
- clause
ve-EL-he-ha-RIM a-KHE-lu VAKH zim-MA a-SU be-to-KHEKH
- sentence
an-SHE ra-KHIL ha-YU VAKH le-MA-an she-FAKH-DAM ve-EL-he-ha-RIM a-KHE-lu VAKH zim-MA a-SU be-to-KHEKH
Exegesis
Finally, zimmah asu {זִמָּ֖ה עָשׂ֥וּ | zim-māh ’ā-sû} ‘they committed lewdness’ with betokhekh {בְתוֹכֵֽךְ | bə-tô-ḵê-ḵ} ‘within your midst’ presents the culminating accusation. The Hebrew parallelism between purpose, eating, and sin highlights pervasive corruption, and the translation preserves this structure to reflect the original emphasis.
In context — Ezekiel 22:9
In you are men of slander in order to shed blood, and on the mountains within you they eat; lewdness they commit in your midst.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 22:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 22:9, so the Hebrew word עָשׂ֥וּ (asu) 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.22.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.22.9.W11.S1) and character.