Deuteronomy 13:17:4Deut.13.17.W4TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:18
מִן־הַחֵ֔רֶם
minhakherem
“from the devoted thing”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-KHE-rem
- Extended
- min-hah-KHEH-rem
- IPA
- /min.haˈxeːrɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the devoted thing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
min-ha-KHE-rem
- phraseyour reading level
me-u-MAH min-ha-KHE-rem
- clause
ve-LO-yid-BAK be-yad-KHA me-u-MAH min-ha-KHE-rem le-MA-an ya-SHUV Ye-ho-VAH me-kha-RON a-PO ve-na-TAN le-KHA ra-kha-MIM ve-ri-KHAM-kha
- sentence
ve-LO-yid-BAK be-yad-KHA me-u-MAH min-ha-KHE-rem le-MA-an ya-SHUV Ye-ho-VAH me-kha-RON a-PO ve-na-TAN le-KHA ra-kha-MIM ve-ri-KHAM-kha ve-hir-BEKH-kha ka-a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha
Exegesis
The locus phrase be-yadkha {בְּיָדְךָ | bə-yā-d-kha} ‘in your hand’ takes meummah {מְאוּמָה | mə-ʾū-mā} ‘anything’ as its object, constrained by the ban min + hache-rem {מִן־הַחֵרֶם | mē-ḥă-rôn} ‘from the devoted thing.’
Root and etymology
ḥ-r-mchet–resh–mem
“devote to destruction”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:17
And nothing of the devoted thing shall cling to your hand, so that the LORD may turn from the burning of His anger and show you mercy and have compassion on you, and increase you, as He swore to your fathers.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 13:17, so the Hebrew word מִן־הַחֵ֔רֶם (minhakherem) 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.13.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.17.W4.S1) and character.