Deuteronomy 17:19:3Deut.17.19.W3TAB
וְקָ֥רָא
vekara
“and he shall read”
- Transliteration
- ve-ka-RA
- Extended
- veh-kaa-RAA
- IPA
- /vəqaːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he shall read
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ka-RA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ka-RA BO
- clause
ve-ha-ye-TAH im-MO ve-ka-RA BO kol-ye-MEI khai-YAV
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TAH im-MO ve-ka-RA BO kol-ye-MEI khai-YAV le-MA-an yil-MAD le-yir-AH et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV lish-MOR et-kol-div-REI ha-to-RAH ha-ZOT ve-et-ha-khu-KIM ha-ey-LEH la-a-so-TAM
Exegesis
The verse employs a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs—vehayetah {וְהָיְתָ֣ה | və-hā-yə-tā} “and it shall be,” vekara {וְקָ֥רָא | və-qā-rāʾ} “and he shall read,” and yilmad {יִלְמַ֗ד | yi-lə-māḏ} “he may learn”—to establish the ongoing nature of the king’s duty.
In context — Deuteronomy 17:19
And it shall remain with him, and he shall read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God , to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, and to do them.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 17:19, so the Hebrew word וְקָ֥רָא (vekara) 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.17.19.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.19.W3.S1) and character.