Deuteronomy 13:16:6Deut.13.16.W6TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:17
בָּאֵשׁ
baesh
“with fire”
- Transliteration
- ba-ESH
- Extended
- baa-ESH
- IPA
- /baːˈʔeʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- with fire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-ESH
- 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 13:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 13:16, so the Hebrew word בָּאֵשׁ (baesh) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.16.W6.S1) and character.