Deuteronomy 15:2:12Deut.15.2.W12TAB

אֶת־רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙

etreehhu

from his neighbor

Transliteration
et-re-EH-hu
Extended
EET-reh-EH-hu
IPA
/ˈʔeːt.reˈʕehu/

Meaning by language

English
from his neighbor

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אֶת + רֵ + עֵ֙ה + וּ֙
et + re + eh + hu
etreehhu

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Tavt as in top
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    et-re-EH-hu

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lo-yig-GOS et-re-EH-hu

  3. clause

    lo-yig-GOS et-re-EH-hu ve-et-a-KHIV ki-ka-RA shmee-TAH la-ye-ho-VAH

  4. 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 prohibition lōʾ-yigosh {לֹא־יִגֹּשׂ | lōʾ-yiggoš} ‘he shall not exact’ uses two direct-object markers ʾet {אֶת | ʾet} to include both reʾehu {רֵעֵהוּ | reʾêhû} ‘his neighbor’ and ʾakhiv {אָחִיו | ʾāḥîv} ‘his brother’.

Root and etymology

Rootr-ʿ-ʿ

bad, harmful

In contextDeuteronomy 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 15:2:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 15:2, so the Hebrew word אֶת־רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ (etreehhu) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.2.W12.S1) and character.