Deuteronomy 14:6:1Deut.14.6.W1TAB
וְכָל־בְּהֵמָ֞ה
vekolbehemah
“And every animal”
- Transliteration
- ve-KOL-be-he-MAH
- Extended
- veh-KOHL-beh-heh-MAAH
- IPA
- /vəˈkol.bəheˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- And every animal
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KOL-be-he-MAH
- clause
ve-KOL-be-he-MAH maf-re-SET par-SA ve-sho-SA-at she-SA shtey-fra-SOT ma-a-LAT-ge-RAH bab-be-he-MAH
- sentence
ve-KOL-be-he-MAH maf-re-SET par-SA ve-sho-SA-at she-SA shtey-fra-SOT ma-a-LAT-ge-RAH bab-be-he-MAH o-TAH to-khe-LU
Exegesis
The phrase begins with vechol-behemah {וְכָל־בְּהֵמָ֞ה | wə-ḥal bə-hē·māh} ‘and every animal’, which functions as the subject.
Root and etymology
ב־ה־מb-h-m
“beast, domesticated animal”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:6
And every animal that divides the hoof and splits it into two hoofs, and that brings up the cud among the animals, you shall eat .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 14:6, so the Hebrew word וְכָל־בְּהֵמָ֞ה (vekolbehemah) 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.14.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.6.W1.S1) and character.