Deuteronomy 15:3:7Deut.15.3.W7TAB
תַּשְׁמֵ֥ט
tashmet
“you shall release”
- Transliteration
- tash-MET
- Extended
- tahsh-MEHT
- IPA
- /taʃˈmeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall release
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tash-MET
- phraseyour reading level
tash-MET ya-DE-kha
- clause
va-a-sher yih-YEH le-KHA et-a-KHI-kha tash-MET ya-DE-kha
- sentence
et-ha-nokh-RI tig-GOSH va-a-sher yih-YEH le-KHA et-a-KHI-kha tash-MET ya-DE-kha
Exegesis
The second et {אֶת | ʾet} marks achikha {אָחִיךָ | ʾă-kî-ḵā} ‘your brother’ as object of the Hiphil imperfect tashmet {תַּשְׁמֵט | ṭaš-mêṭ} ‘you shall release.’
In context — Deuteronomy 15:3
You may exact payment from the foreigner ; but whatever is yours from your brother , you shall release with your own hand.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 15:3, so the Hebrew word תַּשְׁמֵ֥ט (tashmet) 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.15.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.3.W7.S1) and character.