Deuteronomy 17:14:8Deut.17.14.W8TAB
וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֖הּ
virishtah
“and you possess it”
- Transliteration
- vi-rish-TAH
- Extended
- vih-rish-TAH
- IPA
- /viːriʃˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you possess it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
vi-rish-TAH
- clause
ki-ta-VO el-ha-A-ret a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN lakh vi-rish-TAH ve-ya-shav-TA BAH
- sentence
ki-ta-VO el-ha-A-ret a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN lakh vi-rish-TAH ve-ya-shav-TA BAH ve-a-mar-TA a-si-MAH a-LAI ME-lekh ke-KHOL-ha-go-YIM a-SHER se-vi-vo-TAI
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive perfect forms wîrišṯāh {וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֖הּ | wîrišṯāh} and wəyāšabṯāh {וְיָשַׁ֣בְתָּה | wəyāšabṯāh} outline the actions of possessing and settling.
In context — Deuteronomy 17:14
When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and you take possession of it and live in it, and you say, “Let me appoint a king over me like all the nations around me.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 17:14, so the Hebrew word וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֖הּ (virishtah) 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.17.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.14.W8.S1) and character.