Deuteronomy 13:6:7Deut.13.6.W7TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:7
אוֹ־רֵעֲךָ֙
oreakha
“or your friend”
- Transliteration
- o-re-a-KHA
- Extended
- oh-reh-a-KHAH
- IPA
- /ʔoː.re.ʕaˈχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- or your friend
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
o-re-a-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
The repeated disjunction o {אֹו | ʾō} emphasizes the range of close relatives.
Root and etymology
r-ʿresh-ayin
“evil, badness”
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 13:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 13:6, so the Hebrew word אוֹ־רֵעֲךָ֙ (oreakha) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.6.W7.S1) and character.