Deuteronomy 14:24:12Deut.14.24.W12TAB
יִבְחַר֙
yivkhar
“will choose”
- Transliteration
- yiv-KHAR
- Extended
- yeev-KHAR
- IPA
- /jivˈχar/
Meaning by language
- English
- will choose
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
yiv-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER yiv-KHAR
- clause
ve-KHI-yir-BEH mim-KHA ha-DE-rekh KI LO tu-KHAL se-E-to KI-yir-KHAK mim-KHA ha-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-SUM she-MO SHAM
- sentence
ve-KHI-yir-BEH mim-KHA ha-DE-rekh KI LO tu-KHAL se-E-to KI-yir-KHAK mim-KHA ha-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-SUM she-MO SHAM KI ye-va-reKH-kha Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The relative clause ’ă-sher yiv-ḥar YHWH Elohekha lā-sum šə-mô šām {אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִבְחַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לָשׂ֥וּם שְׁמ֖וֹ שָׁ֑ם | ’ă-sher yiv-ḥar Yə-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-hê-khā lā-sûm šə-mô šām} ‘which the LORD your God chooses to put his name there’ emphasizes divine selection of a sacred site.
Root and etymology
b-ḥ-rbet–chet–resh
“to choose, select”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:24
But if the way is too much for you because you cannot carry it, because the place the LORD your God chooses to put his name is distant from you, since the LORD your God blesses you .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:24:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 14:24, so the Hebrew word יִבְחַר֙ (yivkhar) 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.14.24.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.24.W12.S1) and character.