Deuteronomy 14:17:3Deut.14.17.W3TAB
וְאֶת־הַשָּׁלָֽךְ׃
veethashalakh
“and the owl”
- Transliteration
- ve-ET-ha-sha-LAKH
- Extended
- veh-EET-hah-sha-LAAKH
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt haʃʃaˈlaːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the owl
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ET-ha-sha-LAKH
- 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
Rootshin-lamed-kaf
“to cast”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:17
And the pelican , and the carrion vulture , and the cormorant.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 14:17, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־הַשָּׁלָֽךְ׃ (veethashalakh) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.17.W3.S1) and character.