Proverbs 28:24:1Prov.28.24.W1TAB
גּוֹזֵ֤ל
gozel
“one who robs”
- Transliteration
- go-ZEL
- Extended
- goh-ZEHL
- IPA
- /goːˈzeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- one who robs
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
go-ZEL
- phraseyour reading level
go-ZEL a-VIV
- clause
go-ZEL a-VIV ve-im-MO ve-o-MER EN-PA-sha
- sentence
go-ZEL a-VIV ve-im-MO ve-o-MER EN-PA-sha kha-VER HU le-ISH mash-KHIT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the participle gozel {גּוֹזֵ֤ל | gōzēl} ‘one who robs’, establishing a protasis without an explicit conditional marker to express a universal moral principle.
Root and etymology
g-z-lgimel–zayin–lamed
“seize, rob”
In context — Proverbs 28:24
Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “There is no offense,” is a companion to a man who destroys .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 28:24, so the Hebrew word גּוֹזֵ֤ל (gozel) 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 Prov.28.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.24.W1.S1) and character.