Deuteronomy 13:15:11Deut.13.15.W11TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:16
וְאֵת־בְּהֶמְתָּהּ
veetbehemtah
“and its livestock”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-be-hem-TAH
- Extended
- veh-EET-beh-hem-TAH
- IPA
- /vəʔeːt.bəhemˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and its livestock
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-be-hem-TAH
- sentence
ha-KEH ta-KEH ET-YO-shvei ha-IR ha-HU ha-HI le-FI-KHA-rev ha-kha-REM o-TAH ve-ET-KOL-a-SHER-VAH ve-ET-be-hem-TAH le-FI-KHA-rev
Exegesis
The coordinated clauses ve-et-kol-asher-bah {וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּהּ | wə-ʾet-kol-ʾă-šer-bāh} and ve-et-behemtah {וְאֶת־בְּהֶמְתָּהּ | wə-ʾet-bə-hem-tāh} extend the ban to all inhabitants and to the livestock, while the repetition of lefi-kharev frames both commands.
Root and etymology
b-h-m
“beast, cattle”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:15
You must surely strike down the inhabitants of that city by the sword and utterly destroy the city by the ban , including all that is in it and its livestock.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 13:15, so the Hebrew word וְאֵת־בְּהֶמְתָּהּ (veetbehemtah) 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.13.15.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.15.W11.S1) and character.