Deuteronomy 16:21:5Deut.16.21.W5TAB
אֵ֗צֶל
etsel
“beside”
- Transliteration
- E-tsel
- Extended
- EE-tsehl
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːtsɛl/
Meaning by language
- English
- beside
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-tsel
- clause
E-tsel miz-BE-akh Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-SHER ta-a-SE-laKH
- 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 prepositional phrase etzel mizbeach {אֵצֶל מִזְבֵּחַ | ’ē-tzel miz-bē-aḥ} ‘beside the altar’ establishes location, specified by the construct phrase YHWH Eloheikha {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | Yhwh ’ĕ-lō-hē-kha} ‘of the LORD your God’.
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 16:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 16:21, so the Hebrew word אֵ֗צֶל (etsel) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.21.W5.S1) and character.