Deuteronomy 14:12:1Deut.14.12.W1TAB
וְזֶ֕ה
vezeh
“But this”
- Transliteration
- ve-ZEH
- Extended
- veh-ZEH
- IPA
- /vəˈzɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- But this
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ZEH
- clause
ve-ZEH a-SHER lo-to-akh-LU me-HEM
- sentence
ve-ZEH a-SHER lo-to-akh-LU me-HEM ha-NE-sher ve-ha-PE-res ve-ha-az-ni-YA
Exegesis
The Hebrew clause opens with vezeh {וְזֶ֕ה | wə-zĕh} ‘and this,’ marking a demonstrative introduction.
Root and etymology
ז־ה
“this, specifically designated”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:12
And this is what you are not to eat from among them: the eagle, the vulture, and the black vulture.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 14:12, so the Hebrew word וְזֶ֕ה (vezeh) 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.14.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.12.W1.S1) and character.