Deuteronomy 14:23:1Deut.14.23.W1TAB
וְאָכַלְתָּ֞
veakhalta
“and you shall eat”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-KHAL-ta
- Extended
- veh-aa-KHAL-tah
- IPA
- /vəʔaːxalˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall eat
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-KHAL-ta
- clause
ve-a-KHAL-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM ma-a-SAR de-gan-KHA ti-rosh-KHA ve-yits-ha-RE-kha uv-kho-ROT be-kar-KHA ve-tso-NE-kha
- sentence
ve-a-KHAL-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM ma-a-SAR de-gan-KHA ti-rosh-KHA ve-yits-ha-RE-kha uv-kho-ROT be-kar-KHA ve-tso-NE-kha le-ma-AN til-MAD le-yir-AH et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha kol-ha-ya-MIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive form veakhalta {וְאָכַלְתָּ֞ | wə-ʾā-kal-tā} ‘and you shall eat,’ which issues a legal obligation.
Root and etymology
א־כ־לʾ-k-l
“to eat, consume”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:23
And you shall eat before the LORD your God in the place that He will choose to cause His name to dwell there, the tithe of your grain, your new wine and your oil and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God all the days.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 14:23, so the Hebrew word וְאָכַלְתָּ֞ (veakhalta) 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.14.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.23.W1.S1) and character.