Deuteronomy 13:1:4Deut.13.1.W4TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:2
אוֹ
o
“or”
- Transliteration
- O
- Extended
- OH
- IPA
- /ʔoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- or
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
O
- sentence
kee-YA-kum be-kir-BE-kha na-VI O kho-LEM kha-LOM ve-na-TAN e-LE-kha OT O mo-FET
Exegesis
The coordination of navi {נָבִיא | nā-vîʾ} ‘prophet’ and cholem {חֹלֵם | ḥō-lêm} ‘dreamer’ linked by o {אוֹ | ʾō} ‘or’ establishes two alternative roles.
Finally, the sequence wə-nā-tān ʾē-lê-khā ôṯ ʾō mō-p̄ēt {וְנָתַן אֵלֶיךָ אוֹת אוֹ מוֹפֵת | wə-nā-tān ʾē-lê-khā ʾōṯ ʾō mō-p̄ēt} ‘and gives you a sign or a wonder’ constitutes the apodosis, defining the phenomena through which the divine claim must be tested.
Root and etymology
ʾ-w-taleph-vav-tav
“sign, token”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:1
If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises in your midst and gives you a sign or a wonder ,
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 13:1, so the Hebrew word אוֹ (o) 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 Deut.13.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.1.W4.S1) and character.