Deuteronomy 16:12:1Deut.16.12.W1TAB
וְזָ֣כַרְתָּ֔
vezakarta
“and you shall remember”
- Transliteration
- ve-za-KAR-ta
- Extended
- veh-zaa-KAHR-tah
- IPA
- /vəzaˈkartɑ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall remember
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 | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-za-KAR-ta
- clause
ve-za-KAR-ta ki-E-ved ha-YI-ta be-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
ve-za-KAR-ta ki-E-ved ha-YI-ta be-mits-RA-yim ve-sha-MAR-ta ve-a-SI-ta et-ha-khu-KIM ha-E-le
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav consecutive in vezakharta {וְזָ֣כַרְתָּ | wə-zā-ḵar-tā} ‘and you shall remember’, which marks an imperative force through a perfect form.
Root and etymology
z-k-rzayin-kaf-resh
“to remember”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:12
And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall carefully keep and do these statutes .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 16:12, so the Hebrew word וְזָ֣כַרְתָּ֔ (vezakarta) 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.16.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.12.W1.S1) and character.