Deuteronomy 15:16:8Deut.15.16.W8TAB
אֲהֵֽבְךָ֙
ahevkha
“he loves you”
- Transliteration
- a-HEV-kha
- Extended
- a-HEHV-kha
- IPA
- /ʔăheːvˈxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- he loves you
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-HEV-kha
- phraseyour reading level
KI a-HEV-kha
- clause
KI a-HEV-kha ve-ET-BEI-tekha ki-TOV LO im-MAKH
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ki-yo-MAR e-LE-kha LO e-TSE me-im-MAKH KI a-HEV-kha ve-ET-BEI-tekha ki-TOV LO im-MAKH
Exegesis
The first causal ki2 {כִּ֤י | kî} links this refusal to ahevkha {אֲהֵֽבְךָ֙ | ʾă-hē-ḇ-kā}, “he loves you,” with veet {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet} introducing beitekha {בֵּיתֶ֔ךָ | bē-ṯe-kha}, “your house.”
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-heh-bet
“to love”
In context — Deuteronomy 15:16
And it shall be if he says to you, “I will not go out from you” because he loves you and your house since it is good for him with you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 15:16, so the Hebrew word אֲהֵֽבְךָ֙ (ahevkha) 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.15.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.16.W8.S1) and character.