Deuteronomy 13:11:3Deut.13.11.W3TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:12
וְיִרָאוּן
veyiraun
“and fear”
- Transliteration
- ve-yi-RA-UN
- Extended
- veh-yee-RAA-OON
- IPA
- /vəjiʁaˈʔun/
Meaning by language
- English
- and fear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-yi-RA-UN
- phraseyour reading level
yish-MU ve-yi-RA-UN ve-LO-YO-si-FU la-a-SOT ka-da-VAR
- clause
ve-KOL-YIS-ra-EL yish-MU ve-yi-RA-UN ve-LO-YO-si-FU la-a-SOT ka-da-VAR ha-RA ha-ZO
- sentence
ve-KOL-YIS-ra-EL yish-MU ve-yi-RA-UN ve-LO-YO-si-FU la-a-SOT ka-da-VAR ha-RA ha-ZO be-keer-be-KHEM
Exegesis
The Hebrew verse opens with the sequential imperfect verbs yishme’u {יִשְׁמְעוּ | yiš-mə-ʿû} ‘will hear’ and veyira’un {וְיִרָאוּן | wə-yî-rā-ʾûn} ‘and will fear,’ establishing a temporal-causal progression.
Root and etymology
y-r-ʾyod-resh-aleph
“to fear, revere”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:11
And all Israel will hear and will fear , and they will not continue to do such an evil thing as this in your midst.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 13:11, so the Hebrew word וְיִרָאוּן (veyiraun) 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.13.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.11.W3.S1) and character.