Deuteronomy 14:6:7Deut.14.6.W7TAB
מַעֲלַ֥ת גֵּרָ֖ה
maalatgerah
“chews the cud”
- Transliteration
- ma-a-LAT-ge-RAH
- Extended
- ma-a-LAHT-geh-RAH
- IPA
- /ma.ʕaˈlat geˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- chews the cud
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-a-LAT-ge-RAH
- 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 third participle, maalat {מַעֲלַת | ma·ʿa·lāt} ‘bringing up’, links through babbehemah {בַּבְּהֵמָה | ba·bə-hē·māh} ‘among the animal’ to specify an internal activity.
Root and etymology
ג־ר־הg-r-h
“cud, something chewed”
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 14:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 14:6, so the Hebrew word מַעֲלַ֥ת גֵּרָ֖ה (maalatgerah) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.6.W7.S1) and character.