Deuteronomy 14:24:3Deut.14.24.W3TAB
הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ
haderekh
“the way”
- Transliteration
- ha-DE-rekh
- Extended
- hah-DEH-rekh
- IPA
- /hadˈdɛrɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- the way
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-DE-rekh
- 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
This is followed by a personal limitation in the prepositional phrase mimekha ha-de-rekh {מִמְּךָ֜ הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ | mi-me-kha ha-de-rekh} ‘for you the way’.
Root and etymology
d-r-khdalet–resh–kaf
“way, road”
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 14:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 14:24, so the Hebrew word הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ (haderekh) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.24.W3.S1) and character.