Deuteronomy 15:2:1Deut.15.2.W1TAB
וְזֶה֮
vezeh
“and this”
- Transliteration
- ve-ZEH
- Extended
- veh-ZEH
- IPA
- /vəˈzɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and this
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ZEH
- clause
ve-ZEH de-VAR hash-mee-TAH sha-MOT kol-BA-al ma-SHEH ya-DO a-SHER ya-SHEH be-re-EH-hu
- sentence
ve-ZEH de-VAR hash-mee-TAH sha-MOT kol-BA-al ma-SHEH ya-DO a-SHER ya-SHEH be-re-EH-hu lo-yig-GOS et-re-EH-hu ve-et-a-KHIV ki-ka-RA shmee-TAH la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the legal formula vezeh devar {וְזֶה דְּבַר | wə-zeh de-var} ‘and this is the matter’, signaling a new topic.
In context — Deuteronomy 15:2
And this is the matter of the release: Every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it from his neighbor—his brother—because a release has been proclaimed for the LORD .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 15:2, so the Hebrew word וְזֶה֮ (vezeh) 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.15.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.2.W1.S1) and character.