Deuteronomy 17:18:8Deut.17.18.W8TAB
אֶת־מִשְׁנֵ֨ה
etmishne
“a copy”
- Transliteration
- et-mish-NE
- Extended
- EET-mish-NEH
- IPA
- /ʔet.miʃˈneː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a copy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-mish-NE
- phraseyour reading level
et-mish-NE ha-to-RA ha-ZOT
- clause
ve-ka-TAV LO et-mish-NE ha-to-RA ha-ZOT al-SE-fer mil-lif-NE ha-ko-ha-NIM hal-vi-YIM
- sentence
ve-ha-YA khe-shiv-TO AL ki-SE mam-lakh-TO ve-ka-TAV LO et-mish-NE ha-to-RA ha-ZOT al-SE-fer mil-lif-NE ha-ko-ha-NIM hal-vi-YIM
Exegesis
The following vav-consecutive wə-kha-tav {וְכָתַב | wə-ḥā-tav} ‘and he shall write’ issues the directive, with ʾet mishneh ha-torah ha-zot {אֶת־מִשְׁנֵה הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת | ʾet miš-nê hā-tō-rāh hā-zōṯ} ‘a copy of this law’ as the direct object.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–nun–heh
“second, repeat”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:18
And it shall be, when he sits upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, taken from the scroll that is before the priests, the Levites .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 17:18, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מִשְׁנֵ֨ה (etmishne) 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.17.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.18.W8.S1) and character.