Deuteronomy 13:16:5Deut.13.16.W5TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:17
וְשָׂרַפְתָּ
vesarafta
“and you shall burn”
- Transliteration
- ve-sa-RAF-ta
- Extended
- veh-sah-RAF-tah
- IPA
- /vəsaˈrafta/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall burn
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ve-sa-RAF-ta
- sentence
ve-ET-KOL-she-la-LAH tik-BOTS el-to-KHAH re-kho-VAH ve-sa-RAF-ta ba-ESH et-ha-IR ve-ET-KOL-she-la-LAH ka-LIL la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEY-kha ve-ha-ye-TAH TEL o-LAM LO ti-va-NEH OD
Exegesis
The coordinated verbs vesarafta ba’esh {וְשָׂרַפְתָּ בָּאֵשׁ | wə-śā-rap-tā bā-ʾēš} intensify destruction by naming both act and means.
In context — Deuteronomy 13:16
You shall gather all its plunder into the middle of its open square, and you shall burn the city and all its plunder wholly to the LORD your God . It shall be a heap forever and shall never be rebuilt.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 13:16, so the Hebrew word וְשָׂרַפְתָּ (vesarafta) 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.13.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.16.W5.S1) and character.