Deuteronomy 16:7:2Deut.16.7.W2TAB
וְאָ֣כַלְתָּ֔
veakhalta
“and you shall eat”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-KHAL-ta
- Extended
- veh-ah-KHAHL-tah
- IPA
- /vəʔaχalˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall eat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-KHAL-ta
- clause
u-vi-SHAL-ta ve-a-KHAL-ta ba-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO
- sentence
u-vi-SHAL-ta ve-a-KHAL-ta ba-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO u-fa-NI-ta ba-BO-ker ve-ha-LAKH-ta le-o-ha-LE-kha
Exegesis
The sequence of vav-consecutive verbs uvishelta {וּבִשַּׁלְתָּ | ū-viš-ḷāṯā} ‘and you shall boil’ and veakhalta {וְאָכַלְתָּ | wə-ʾā-ḵal-tā} ‘and you shall eat’ establishes the initial ritual actions.
In context — Deuteronomy 16:7
And you shall cook and eat it at the place which the LORD your God will choose; then in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 16:7, so the Hebrew word וְאָ֣כַלְתָּ֔ (veakhalta) 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.16.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.7.W2.S1) and character.