Deuteronomy 16:19:1Deut.16.19.W1TAB
לֹא־תַטֶּ֣ה
lotateh
“You shall not pervert”
- Transliteration
- LO-ta-TEH
- Extended
- LOH-ta-TEH
- IPA
- /loː.taˈteh/
Meaning by language
- English
- You shall not pervert
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
LO-ta-TEH
- phraseyour reading level
LO-ta-TEH mish-PAT
- clause
LO-ta-TEH mish-PAT LO ta-KIR pa-NIM
- sentence
LO-ta-TEH mish-PAT LO ta-KIR pa-NIM ve-LO-ti-KAKH SHO-khad KI ha-SHO-khad ye-a-VER ei-NEI kha-kha-MIM vi-sa-LEF div-REI tsa-di-KIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the prohibitive particle lo {לֹא | lō} and the Hiphil imperfect tatteh {תַטֶּה | taṯ-teh} ‘pervert’ governing mishpat {מִשְׁפָּט | miš-pāṭ} ‘justice.’
A second lo {לֹא | lō} governs the Hiphil imperfect takkîr {תַכִּיר | tak-kîr} ‘show favor’ with panim {פָּנִים | pā-nîm} ‘faces’ indicating partiality.
In context — Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not pervert justice, you shall not show favor , and you shall not accept a bribe, for the bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 16:19, so the Hebrew word לֹא־תַטֶּ֣ה (lotateh) 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.16.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.19.W1.S1) and character.