Deuteronomy 13:14:1Deut.13.14.W1TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:15
וְדָרַשְׁתָּ
vedarashta
“then you shall inquire”
- Transliteration
- ve-da-RASH-ta
- Extended
- veh-da-RAHSH-tah
- IPA
- /vədaˈraʃ.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- then you shall inquire
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 | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-da-RASH-ta
- sentence
ve-da-RASH-ta ve-kha-KAR-ta ve-sha-AL-ta hei-TEV ve-hin-NEH e-MET na-KHON ha-da-VAR ne-es-TA ha-to-ei-VAH ha-ZOT be-kir-BE-kha
Exegesis
The Hebrew text features a trio of vav-consecutive Qal perfect verbs—vedarashta {וְדָרַשְׁתָּ | wə-dā-räš-tā} ‘and you shall investigate’, vechakarta {וְחָקַרְתָּ | wə-ḥā-qär-tā} ‘and you shall inquire’, vesha’alṭa {וְשָׁאַלְתָּ | wə-šā-’āl-tā} ‘and you shall ask’—which cumulatively emphasize exhaustive scrutiny.
Root and etymology
d-r-sh
“to seek, inquire”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:14
And you shall investigate, and you shall inquire, and you shall ask thoroughly , and behold, if truth and certainty are found that the matter has been done—the detestable thing —this is in your midst.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 13:14, so the Hebrew word וְדָרַשְׁתָּ (vedarashta) 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.13.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.14.W1.S1) and character.