Deuteronomy 14:21:17Deut.14.21.W17TAB
לֹֽא־תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל
lotevashel
“you shall not boil”
- Transliteration
- LO-te-va-SHEL
- Extended
- LOH-teh-va-SHEHL
- IPA
- /loː.təvaˈʃeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall not boil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
LO-te-va-SHEL
- phraseyour reading level
LO-te-va-SHEL ge-DEE
- clause
LO-te-va-SHEL ge-DEE ba-kha-LEV im-MO
- sentence
LO to-akh-LU kol-ne-VE-lah la-GER a-SHER-bish-a-RE-kha tit-te-NE-na va-a-kha-LAH O ma-KHOR le-nokh-RI KI AM ka-DOSH a-TA la-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha LO-te-va-SHEL ge-DEE ba-kha-LEV im-MO
Exegesis
The verse concludes with the parallel prohibition lō-te-vāšēl {לֹא־תְבַשֵּׁל | lō·te·vā·šēl} ‘you shall not boil’ + ḡə·dî {גְּדִי | ḡə·dî} ‘kid’ + ba-ḥă·lēḇ ’immō {בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ | ba·ḥă·lēḇ ’im·mō} ‘in its mother’s milk,’ reinforcing ritual purity and communal identity.
In context — Deuteronomy 14:21
You must not eat any carcass ; you may give it to the sojourner in your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a people set apart to the LORD your God . You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:21:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Deuteronomy 14:21, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל (lotevashel) 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.14.21.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.21.W17.S1) and character.