Deuteronomy 13:4:6Deut.13.4.W6TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:5
תִּירָאוּ
tirau
“you shall fear”
- Transliteration
- ti-ra-U
- Extended
- tih-rah-OO
- IPA
- /tiˈraː.u/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall fear
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ti-ra-U
- sentence
a-kha-REI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem te-LE-khu ve-o-TO ti-ra-U ve-ET-mits-vo-TAV tish-mo-RU u-ve-ko-LO tish-ma-U ve-o-TO ta-a-vo-DU u-VO tid-ba-KUN
Exegesis
A series of coordinated Qal imperfect verbs (tira’u {תִּירָאוּ | ti-rā-ʾū} ‘you shall fear’, tishmeru {תִּשְׁמְרוּ | tiš-mə-rū} ‘you shall keep’, tishma’u {תִּשְׁמָעוּ | tiš-mā-ʿū} ‘you shall listen’, ta’avodu {תַעֲבֹדוּ | ta-ʿă-ḇə-ḏū} ‘you shall serve’, tidbaqun {תִּדְבָּקוּן | tiḏ-bā-qūn} ‘you shall cling’) linked by vav-conjunctions forms a cumulative structure of devotion.
In context — Deuteronomy 13:4
You shall walk after the LORD your God ; you shall fear Him, guard His commandments, listen to His voice , serve Him, and cling to Him.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 13:4, so the Hebrew word תִּירָאוּ (tirau) 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.13.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.4.W6.S1) and character.