Deuteronomy 16:5:6Deut.16.5.W6TAB
שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ
shearekha
“your gates”
- Transliteration
- she-a-RE-kha
- Extended
- sheh-ah-REH-kha
- IPA
- /ʃə.ʕaˈreːxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- your gates
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
she-a-RE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
be-a-KHAD she-a-RE-kha
- clause
be-a-KHAD she-a-RE-kha a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH
- sentence
LO tu-KHAL liz-BO-akh ET-ha-PA-sakh be-a-KHAD she-a-RE-kha a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH
Exegesis
The locative phrase bəʾāḥaḏ šeʿārêykhā {בְּאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ | bəʾāḥaḏ šeʿārêykhā} ‘in one of your gates’ idiomatically denotes any city allotted to Israel.
Root and etymology
š-ʿ-rshin-ayin-resh
“gate, entrance”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:5
You are not able to sacrifice the Passover in any of your gates , which the LORD your God gives to you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 16:5, so the Hebrew word שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ (shearekha) 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.16.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.5.W6.S1) and character.