Deuteronomy 17:2:4Deut.17.2.W4TAB
שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ
shearekha
“of your gates”
- Transliteration
- she-a-re-KHA
- Extended
- sheh-aa-reh-KHAH
- IPA
- /ʃəʕäˈreːxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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
ki-yim-ma-TSE be-kir-be-KHA be-a-KHAD she-a-re-KHA a-sher Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH
- sentence
ki-yim-ma-TSE be-kir-be-KHA be-a-KHAD she-a-re-KHA a-sher Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH ISH o-i-SHA a-SHER ya-a-SE et-ha-RA be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-a-VOR be-ri-TO
Exegesis
The locative beqirbekha {בְּקִרְבְּךָ | bə·qir·bĕ·ḵāʾ} ‘in your midst’ and the construct chain be’echad she’areikha {בְּאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ | bə·ʾā·ḥăḏ šə·ʿā·rə·yĕ·ḵāʾ} ‘in one of your gates’ set the social and spatial context.
Root and etymology
שׁ־ע־ר
“gate”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:2
If there is found among you in one of your gates which the LORD your God gives to you, a man or a woman who does evil in the eyes of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 17:2, 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.17.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.2.W4.S1) and character.