Deuteronomy 16:14:1Deut.16.14.W1TAB
וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֖
vesamakhta
“and you shall rejoice”
- Transliteration
- ve-sa-MAKH-ta
- Extended
- veh-saa-MAHKH-tah
- IPA
- /vəsaːˈmaħta/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall rejoice
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| 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-sa-MAKH-ta
- clause
ve-sa-MAKH-ta be-kha-GEKHA
- sentence
ve-sa-MAKH-ta be-kha-GEKHA a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-EKHA ve-av-DEKHA va-a-ma-TEKHA ve-ha-LE-vi ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER bish-a-re-KHA
Exegesis
The verse opens with vesamakhta {וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֖ | wə-šā-maḥ-ṯā} functioning as a future-implicative imperative through the vav consecutive + Qal perfect form.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–chet
“to rejoice, be glad”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:14
And you shall rejoice in your festival—you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, the sojourner , the orphan, and the widow who is within your gates.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 16:14, so the Hebrew word וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֖ (vesamakhta) 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.16.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.14.W1.S1) and character.