Deuteronomy 16:20:8Deut.16.20.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה
asheryehovah
“which the LORD”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which the LORD
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
le-MA-an tikh-YE ve-ya-RASH-ta et-ha-A-retz a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH
- sentence
tse-DEK tse-DEK tir-DOF le-MA-an tikh-YE ve-ya-RASH-ta et-ha-A-retz a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} flags ha’aretz {הָאָרֶץ | hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘the land’, which is defined by the relative clause asher-YHWH Eloheicha {אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | ă-šer-YHWH ʾĕ-lō-hê-ḵā}, culminating in the participle noten {נוֹתֵן | nō-tēn} ‘giving’, indicating continuous divine agency. Fronting the ethical imperative before the covenantal promise creates a chiastic movement from obligation to reward, while the paired “justice, justice” functions as a merism that frames the comprehensive scope of the law’s ethical demands.
Root and etymology
ה־ו־ה
“to be, exist”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:20
Pursue justice, justice, so that you may live and possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 16:20, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֥ה (asheryehovah) 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.16.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.20.W8.S1) and character.