Deuteronomy 16:21:1Deut.16.21.W1TAB
לֹֽא־תִטַּ֥ע
lotita
“You shall not plant”
- Transliteration
- lo-ti-TA
- Extended
- LOH-tee-TAH
- IPA
- /loˈti.taʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- You shall not plant
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-ti-TA
- phraseyour reading level
lo-ti-TA le-KHA
- clause
lo-ti-TA le-KHA a-she-RAH kol-ETS
- sentence
lo-ti-TA le-KHA a-she-RAH kol-ETS E-tsel miz-BE-akh Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-SHER ta-a-SE-laKH
Exegesis
lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’ immediately precedes tiṭṭa‘ {תִטַּע | tiṭ-ṭa‘} ‘you shall plant’, forming a prohibition.
In context — Deuteronomy 16:21
You must not plant for yourself an Asherah —any tree—beside the altar of the LORD your God , which you make for yourself.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 16:21, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־תִטַּ֥ע (lotita) 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.16.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.21.W1.S1) and character.