Deuteronomy 14:25:9Deut.14.25.W9TAB
יִבְחַ֛ר
yivkhar
“will choose”
- Transliteration
- yiv-KHAR
- Extended
- yiv-KHAR
- IPA
- /jivˈxar/
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-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 relative clause asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾă-šer} ‘that’ links to yivchar {יִבְחַר | yi-v-ḥar} ‘he will choose’, underscoring divine election.
Root and etymology
בחרbet-ḥet-resh
“choose”
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 14:25:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 14:25, so the Hebrew word יִבְחַ֛ר (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.14.25.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.25.W9.S1) and character.