Deuteronomy 14:3:4Deut.14.3.W4TAB
תּוֹעֵבָֽה׃
toeivah
“abomination”
- Transliteration
- to-ei-VAH
- Extended
- toh-ey-VAH
- IPA
- /toːʕeˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- abomination
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
to-ei-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
KOL to-ei-VAH
- sentence
LO to-a-KHAL KOL to-ei-VAH
Exegesis
The quantifier kol {כָּל | kol} ‘all, any’ attaches via maqqef to the noun tôʿēḇâ {תּוֹעֵבָה | tô-ʿê-vâ} ‘detestable thing,’ yielding the compound kol-tôʿēḇâ as the direct object. For clarity in English, an SVO word order with explicit negation (‘shall not eat’ in formal, ‘do not eat’ in dynamic) preserves the force of the Biblical Hebrew prohibition.
Root and etymology
Roottav-ayin-beit
“to abhor, loathe”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:3
You shall not eat any abomination .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 14:3, so the Hebrew word תּוֹעֵבָֽה׃ (toeivah) 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.14.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.3.W4.S1) and character.