Deuteronomy 14:29:12Deut.14.29.W12TAB
בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ
bisharekha
“are within your gates”
- Transliteration
- bish-a-re-KHA
- Extended
- bish-ah-re-KHAH
- IPA
- /biʃ.ʕaːˈreː.xa/
Meaning by language
- English
- are within your gates
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bish-a-re-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER bish-a-re-KHA
- clause
u-VA ha-le-VI KI EIN-LO KHE-lek ve-na-kha-LA im-MAKH ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER bish-a-re-KHA ve-akh-LU ve-sa-VE-u
- sentence
u-VA ha-le-VI KI EIN-LO KHE-lek ve-na-kha-LA im-MAKH ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER bish-a-re-KHA ve-akh-LU ve-sa-VE-u le-MA-an ye-va-re-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha be-KHOL-ma-a-SEH yad-KHA a-SHER ta-a-SE
Exegesis
The restrictive relative clause ʾăšer bi-šʿā-re-kha {אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ} ‘who are within your gates’ limits recipients.
Root and etymology
שׁ־ע־ר
“gate, entrance”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:29
And the Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the sojourner , and the orphan, and the widow who are within your gates, shall come and eat and be satisfied, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:29:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 14:29, so the Hebrew word בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ (bisharekha) 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.14.29.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.29.W12.S1) and character.