Deuteronomy 14:23:6Deut.14.23.W6TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר֮
asheryivkhar
“that he will choose”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-yiv-KHAR
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-yeev-KHAR
- IPA
- /bam.maˈkoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- that he will choose
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-yiv-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
ba-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR
- 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 relative clause bamaqom asher-yivchar {בַּמָּק֣וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר֮ | ba-mā-qôm ʾă-šer-yiv-ḥar} ‘in the place that He will choose’ with the infinitive construct leshakken shemo {לְשַׁכֵּ֣ן שְׁמוֹ | lə-ša-kên še-mô} ‘to cause His name to dwell’ underscores divine sovereignty in cultic selection.
Root and etymology
“to choose”
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 14:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 14:23, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר֮ (asheryivkhar) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.23.W6.S1) and character.