Deuteronomy 13:10:1Deut.13.10.W1TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:11
וּסְקַלְתּוֹ בָאֲבָנִים
usekalto baavaneem
“You shall stone him with stones”
- Transliteration
- u-se-kal-TO ba-a-va-NEEM
- Extended
- oo-seh-kal-TOH bah-a-va-NEEM
- IPA
- /usqɑlˈtoː baʔaˈvanim/
Meaning by language
- English
- You shall stone him with stones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-se-kal-TO ba-a-va-NEEM
- clause
u-se-kal-TO ba-a-va-NEEM va-MET
- sentence
u-se-kal-TO ba-a-va-NEEM va-MET KEE bi-KESH le-ha-di-KHA-ka me-AL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ha-mo-tzi-a-KHA me-E-retz mits-RA-yim mi-BEIT a-va-DEEM
Exegesis
The verse begins with a legal directive framed by a vav-consecutive sequence: usekalto {וּסְקַלְתּוֹ | wə-sə-qāl-tō} ‘and you shall stone him’ coupled with vamet {וָמֵת | wā-mēt} ‘and he shall die’.
The instrument of execution is specified by ba’avanim {בָּאֲבָנִים | bā-’a-vā-nîm} ‘with stones’.
Root and etymology
s-k-lsame
“to stone, execute by stoning”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:10
And you shall stone him with stones, and he shall die, because he sought to lead you astray from the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 13:10, so the Hebrew word וּסְקַלְתּוֹ בָאֲבָנִים (usekalto baavaneem) 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.13.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.10.W1.S1) and character.