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In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow. (KJV)
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אָ֤ב'avfather
Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: father
Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:7 word 1
וָאֵם֙va.'Emand mother
Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: mother
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:7 word 2
הֵקַ֣לּוּhe.Ka.luthey have treated with contempt
Lemma: קָלַל (qa.lal) · Strong's: H7043
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVhp3cp)
Meaning: to lighten
Used 82 times. Also: Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 12:3, Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7043; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:7 word 3
לַגֵּ֛רla.Gerto the sojourner
Lemma: גֵּר (ger) · Strong's: H1616
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sojourner
Used 92 times. Also: Genesis 15:13, Genesis 23:4, Exodus 2:22, Exodus 12:19, Exodus 12:48, Exodus 12:49 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1616; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:7 word 4
עָשׂ֥וּ'a.Suthey have acted
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:7 word 5
בַעֹ֖שֶׁקva.'O.shekwith <the> oppression
Lemma: עֹ֫שֶׁק (o.sheq) · Strong's: H6233
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: oppression
Used 15 times. Also: Leviticus 6:4, Psalms 62:10, Psalms 73:8, Psalms 119:134, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Ecclesiastes 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6233; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:7 word 6
בְּתוֹכֵ֑ךְbe.to.Khekhin [the] midst of you
Lemma: תָּ֫וֶךְ (ta.vekh) · Strong's: H8432
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: midst
Used 416 times. Also: Genesis 1:6, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 9:21, Genesis 15:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8432; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:7 word 7
יָת֥וֹםya.Tomfatherless one
Lemma: יָתוֹם (ya.tom) · Strong's: H3490
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: orphan
Used 42 times. Also: Exodus 22:22, Exodus 22:24, Deuteronomy 10:18, Deuteronomy 14:29, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3490; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:7 word 8
וְאַלְמָנָ֖הve.'al.ma.Nahand widow
Lemma: אַלְמָנָה (al.ma.nah) · Strong's: H0490
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: widow
Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 38:11, Exodus 22:22, Exodus 22:24, Leviticus 21:14, Leviticus 22:13, Numbers 30:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0490; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:7 word 9
ה֥וֹנוּHo.nuthey have maltreated
Lemma: יָנָה (ya.nah) · Strong's: H3238
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVhp3cp)
Meaning: to oppress
Used 19 times. Also: Exodus 22:21, Leviticus 19:33, Leviticus 25:14, Leviticus 25:17, Deuteronomy 23:16, Psalms 74:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3238; TAHOT Ezekiel 22:7 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Father | → | אָב H0001G father |
| and mother | → | אֵם H0517 mother |
| are treated with contempt | → | קָלַל H7043 to lighten |
| Within your walls | → | |
| the foreign resident | → | גֵּר H1616 sojourner |
| is exploited | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| . . . | → | עֹ֫שֶׁק H6233 oppression |
| the fatherless | → | יָתוֹם H3490 orphan |
| and the widow | → | אַלְמָנָה H0490 widow |
| are oppressed | → | יָנָה H3238 to oppress |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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