Deuteronomy 14:7:10Deut.14.7.W10TAB
אֶֽת־הַ֠גָּמָל
ethagamal
“the camel”
- Transliteration
- ET-ha-ga-MAL
- Extended
- EET-hah-gah-MAHL
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt.haɡaˈmal/
Meaning by language
- English
- the camel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
ET-ha-ga-MAL
- clause
ET-ha-ga-MAL ve-ET-ha-ar-NE-vet ve-ET-ha-sha-FAN KI-ma-a-LE ge-RAH heh-MAH u-par-SA LO hif-ri-SU te-me-IM HEM la-KHEM
- sentence
AKH ET-ZEH LO to-akh-LU mi-ma-a-LEI ha-ge-RAH u-mi-maf-ri-SEI ha-par-SA ha-se-su-AH ET-ha-ga-MAL ve-ET-ha-ar-NE-vet ve-ET-ha-sha-FAN KI-ma-a-LE ge-RAH heh-MAH u-par-SA LO hif-ri-SU te-me-IM HEM la-KHEM
Exegesis
Direct-object markers in et-haggāmāl {אֶת־הַגָּמָל | ʾet-haggāmāl}, wə-ʾet-hāʾarnēvēṯ {וְאֶת־הָאַרְנֶבֶת | wə-ʾet-hāʾarnēvēṯ}, and wə-ʾet-haššāp̄ān {וְאֶת־הַשָּׁפָן | wə-ʾet-haššāp̄ān} identify the prohibited species.
In context — Deuteronomy 14:7
However, of those that bring up the cud or of those that have a split hoof—you shall not eat these: the camel, the rabbit, and the hyrax —for although they bring up the cud, they do not split the hoof; they are unclean for you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 14:7, so the Hebrew word אֶֽת־הַ֠גָּמָל (ethagamal) 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.14.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.7.W10.S1) and character.