Deuteronomy 15:2:13Deut.15.2.W13TAB
וְאֶת־אָחִ֔יו
veetakhiv
“and from his brother”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-a-KHIV
- Extended
- veh-EET-a-KHEEV
- IPA
- /vəˈʔeːt.ʔaˈxiːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and from his brother
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-a-KHIV
- clause
lo-yig-GOS et-re-EH-hu ve-et-a-KHIV ki-ka-RA shmee-TAH la-ye-ho-VAH
- 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
RootAleph, Chet
“brother, kin”
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 15:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Deuteronomy 15:2, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־אָחִ֔יו (veetakhiv) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.2.W13.S1) and character.