Deuteronomy 13:9:3Deut.13.9.W3TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:10
תַּהֲרְגֶ֣נּוּ
taharegennu
“you must kill him”
- Transliteration
- ta-ha-re-GEN-nu
- Extended
- tah-ha-reh-GEN-nu
- IPA
- /taħaʁˈɡennu/
Meaning by language
- English
- you must kill him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ta-ha-re-GEN-nu
- phraseyour reading level
ta-ha-re-GEN-nu yad-KHA
- sentence
KI ha-ROG ta-ha-re-GEN-nu yad-KHA ti-he-YEH-BO va-ri-sho-NA la-ha-mi-TO ve-YAD-KOL-ha-AM va-a-kha-ro-NA
Exegesis
The verse employs the emphatic infinitive absolute plus imperfect sequence, harōg tāhargennu {הָרוֹג תַּהַרְגֶּנּוּ | hā-rōg tā-har-ge-n-nu} ‘kill you shall surely kill him’, enforcing an unequivocal legal mandate.
Root and etymology
h-r-gheth-resh-gimel
“to kill, slay”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:9
You must kill him; your hand shall be first to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people shall follow.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 13:9, so the Hebrew word תַּהֲרְגֶ֣נּוּ (taharegennu) 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.13.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.9.W3.S1) and character.