Deuteronomy 15:20:4Deut.15.20.W4TAB
תֹאכֲלֶ֙נּוּ֙
toakhalenu
“you shall eat it”
- Transliteration
- to-a-kha-LE-nu
- Extended
- toh-ah-kha-LEH-nu
- IPA
- /to.ʔaχaˈlennu/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall eat it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
to-a-kha-LE-nu
- phraseyour reading level
lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha to-a-kha-LE-nu
- clause
lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha to-a-kha-LE-nu sha-NA be-sha-NA ba-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha to-a-kha-LE-nu sha-NA be-sha-NA ba-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH a-TA u-vei-TE-kha
Exegesis
The main clause verb toakhelennu {תֹאכֲלֶנּוּ | tō-ʾā-ḵă-lən-nû} ‘you shall eat it’ carries a third-person singular object suffix, foregrounding communal participation.
Root and etymology
RootAleph Kaf Lamed
“eat, consume”
In context — Deuteronomy 15:20
In the presence of the LORD your God , you shall eat it year by year in the place that the LORD will choose, you and your household.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 15:20, so the Hebrew word תֹאכֲלֶ֙נּוּ֙ (toakhalenu) 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.15.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.20.W4.S1) and character.