Deuteronomy 13:15:8Deut.13.15.W8TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:16
הַחֲרֵם
hakharem
“you shall devote {to destruction}”
- Transliteration
- ha-kha-REM
- Extended
- hah-kha-REHM
- IPA
- /haħaˈreːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall devote {to destruction}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-kha-REM
- 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 Hiphil infinitive absolute ha-charem {הַחֲרֵם | ha-ḥă-rēm} functions substantivally to denote total destruction, with the pronominal suffix otah {אֹתָהּ | ʾō-thāh} referring to the city.
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-m
“ban, devote to destruction”
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 13:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 13:15, so the Hebrew word הַחֲרֵם (hakharem) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.15.W8.S1) and character.