Deuteronomy 14:12:5Deut.14.12.W5TAB
הַנֶּ֥שֶׁר
hanesher
“the eagle”
- Transliteration
- ha-NE-sher
- Extended
- hah-NEH-shehr
- IPA
- /hanˈneʃɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the eagle
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Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ha-NE-sher
- phraseyour reading level
ha-NE-sher ve-ha-PE-res
- clause
ha-NE-sher ve-ha-PE-res ve-ha-az-ni-YA
- 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 list of prohibited birds—hanesher {הַנֶּ֥שֶׁר | han-nĕ-šer} ‘the eagle,’ vehaperes {וְהַפֶּ֖רֶס | ve-ha-pé-res} ‘and the vulture,’ vehaazniyah {וְהָֽעָזְנִיָּֽה | ve-hā-az-nî-yā(h)} ‘and the black vulture’—uses standard Hebrew coordination. The English rendering preserves the sequence and prohibitive force while streamlining word order and linking the list with a colon.
Root and etymology
נ־שׁ־ר
“eagle, vulture”
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 14:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 14:12, so the Hebrew word הַנֶּ֥שֶׁר (hanesher) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.12.W5.S1) and character.