Deuteronomy 14:25:3Deut.14.25.W3TAB
וְצַרְתָּ֤
vetsarta
“and bind up”
- Transliteration
- ve-tsar-TA
- Extended
- veh-tsar-TAH
- IPA
- /vətsarˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and bind up
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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-tsar-TA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-tsar-TA ha-KE-sef
- clause
ve-tsar-TA ha-KE-sef be-yad-KHA ve-ha-lakh-TA el-ham-MA-kom a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO
- sentence
ve-na-ta-TA ba-KA-sef ve-tsar-TA ha-KE-sef be-yad-KHA ve-ha-lakh-TA el-ham-MA-kom a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO
Exegesis
The verse begins with two vav-consecutive perfect verbs, venatata {וְנָתַתָּ֖ה | wə-nā-ṭaṯ-ṯā} ‘and you shall give’ and vetsarta {וְצַרְתָּ֤ | wə-ṣar-ṭā} ‘and you shall bind up’, marking sequential commands.
In context — Deuteronomy 14:25
And you shall give it for silver, and you shall bind up the silver in your hand, and you shall go to the place that the LORD your God will choose .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 14:25, so the Hebrew word וְצַרְתָּ֤ (vetsarta) 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.14.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.25.W3.S1) and character.