Deuteronomy 14:25:6Deut.14.25.W6TAB
וְהָֽלַכְתָּ֙
vehalakhta
“and go”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-lakh-TA
- Extended
- veh-hah-lakh-TAH
- IPA
- /vəhaːlaxˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and go
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ha-lakh-TA
- 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 third vav-consecutive verb vehalakhta {וְהָֽלַכְתָּ֙ | wə-hā-laḵ-ta} ‘and you shall go’ introduces the motion construction with el-hamaqom {אֶל־הַמָּק֔וֹם | ʾel-ham-mā-qôm} ‘to the place’.
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 14:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 14:25, so the Hebrew word וְהָֽלַכְתָּ֙ (vehalakhta) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.25.W6.S1) and character.