Deuteronomy 14:17:2Deut.14.17.W2TAB
וְאֶֽת־הָרָחָ֖מָה
veetharakhama
“and the vulture”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-ha-ra-KHA-ma
- Extended
- veh-EET-hah-rah-KHAH-mah
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt haːraħaˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the vulture
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-ha-ra-KHA-ma
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-ka-AT ve-ET-ha-ra-KHA-ma
- sentence
ve-ha-ka-AT ve-ET-ha-ra-KHA-ma ve-ET-ha-sha-LAKH
Exegesis
The verse employs the conjunction vav {וְ | wə} thrice to introduce each list item, with the direct-object marker et {אֶת־ | ’et} preceding the second and third nouns to heighten specificity.
Root and etymology
Rootresh-chet-mem
“vulture”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:17
And the pelican , and the carrion vulture , and the cormorant.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 14:17, so the Hebrew word וְאֶֽת־הָרָחָ֖מָה (veetharakhama) 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.14.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.17.W2.S1) and character.