Deuteronomy 14:23:16Deut.14.23.W16TAB
וְצֹאנֶ֑ךָ
vetsonekha
“and your flock”
- Transliteration
- ve-tso-NE-kha
- Extended
- veh-tsoh-NEH-kha
- IPA
- /bəkarˈxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- and your flock
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 | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ve-tso-NE-kha
- 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 coordinated series maaser deganekha tiroshkha veyitzharekha {מַעְשַׂר דְּגָנְךָ תִּירֹשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ | ma-ʿă-sar də-gā-nə-ḵā ṯî-rôš-ḵā wə-yit-ḥā-ré-ḵā} ‘tithe of your grain, your new wine and your oil’ and uvechorot bekorkha vetzonekha {וּבְכֹרֹת בְּקָרְךָ וְצֹאנֶךָ | u-və-ḵō-rōt bə-qār-ḵā wə-ṣō-ʾā-nə-ḵā} ‘and the firstborn of your herd and your flock’ displays a meristic accumulation.
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 14:23:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Deuteronomy 14:23, so the Hebrew word וְצֹאנֶ֑ךָ (vetsonekha) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.23.W16.S1) and character.