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
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-ra-AH
- 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 context — Deuteronomy 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.