Deuteronomy 16:21:4Deut.16.21.W4TAB
כָּל־עֵ֑ץ
kolets
“any tree”
- Transliteration
- kol-ETS
- Extended
- KAHL-ETs
- IPA
- /kolˈʕeːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- any tree
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kol-ETS
- 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
The object asherah {אֲשֵׁרָה | ’a-she-rah} ‘cultic pole’ is qualified by kol-‘ets {כָּל־עֵץ | kol-‘ēts} ‘any tree’, indicating universal scope.
Root and etymology
’-ṣayin–tsade
“tree”
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 16:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 16:21, so the Hebrew word כָּל־עֵ֑ץ (kolets) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.21.W4.S1) and character.