Deuteronomy 14:13:1Deut.14.13.W1TAB

וְהָרָאָה֙

veharaah

and the kite

Transliteration
ve-ha-ra-AH
Extended
veh-hah-ra-AAH
IPA
/vəhaʁaˈʔaː/

Meaning by language

English
and the kite

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + הָ + רָ + אָה֙
ve + ha + ra + ah
veharaah

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ha-ra-AH

  2. sentence

    ve-ha-ra-AH ve-ET-ha-ai-YAH ve-ha-dai-YAH le-mi-NAH

Exegesis

The Hebrew text uses a series of conjunctions to enumerate prohibited birds, starting with veha-ra’ah {וְהָרָאָה֙ | wə-hā-rā-’āh} ‘and the kite’.

Root and etymology

r-’-hresh-ayin-heh

to see

In contextDeuteronomy 14:13

And the kite and the buzzard and the falcon according to its kind .

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 14:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 14:13, so the Hebrew word וְהָרָאָה֙ (veharaah) 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.14.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.13.W1.S1) and character.