Deuteronomy 13:6:3Deut.13.6.W3TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:7
בֶּן־אִמֶּ֖ךָ
benimekhkha
“the son of your mother”
- Transliteration
- ben-i-MEKH-kha
- Extended
- beh-n-ih-MEHK-khah
- IPA
- /ben.ʔiˈmɛχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the son of your mother
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ben-i-MEKH-kha
- clause
ki-ya-si-TKHAF a-KHI-kha ben-i-MEKH-kha o-vin-KHA o-vit-KHA o-E-shet-KHEI-ke-kha o-re-a-KHA a-SHER ke-naf-SHE-kha ba-SE-ter le-MOR
- sentence
ki-ya-si-TKHAF a-KHI-kha ben-i-MEKH-kha o-vin-KHA o-vit-KHA o-E-shet-KHEI-ke-kha o-re-a-KHA a-SHER ke-naf-SHE-kha ba-SE-ter le-MOR nel-KHA ve-na-av-DA e-lo-HIM a-SHER lo-ya-da-TA a-TA va-a-vo-TEI-kha me-o-LAM
Exegesis
Relational terms unfold through construct chains with akhikha ben immekha {אַחִיךָ בֶּן־אִמֶּךָ | ʾăḥîḵā bēn ʾimmekā} “your brother, the son of your mother,” and similarly for binkha {בִּנְךָ | binc·ḵā} and ṭitt·ḵā {בִּתְּךָ | ṭitt·ḵā}.
In context — Deuteronomy 13:6
If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is like your own soul, secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods which you have not known, you nor your fathers .”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 13:6, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־אִמֶּ֖ךָ (benimekhkha) 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.13.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.6.W3.S1) and character.