Deuteronomy 17:20:10Deut.17.20.W10TAB
יַאֲרִ֨יךְ
yaarikh
“he may prolong”
- Transliteration
- ya-a-RIKH
- Extended
- yah-ah-REEKH
- IPA
- /ja.ʔaˈriːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- he may prolong
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-a-RIKH
- phraseyour reading level
le-MA-an ya-a-RIKH ya-MIM al-mam-lakh-TO
- clause
le-MA-an ya-a-RIKH ya-MIM al-mam-lakh-TO HU u-va-NAV be-KE-rev yis-ra-EL
- sentence
le-vil-TI RUM-le-va-VO me-e-khaV u-le-vil-TI SUR min-ha-mits-VAH ya-MIN u-se-MOL le-MA-an ya-a-RIKH ya-MIM al-mam-lakh-TO HU u-va-NAV be-KE-rev yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The Hifil imperfect ya’arikh {יַאֲרִיךְ | yā-ʾǎ-rîḵ} ‘he may prolong’ with its object yamim {יָמִים | yā-mîm} ‘days’ and its adverbial complement al-mamlekhto {עַל־מַמְלַכְתּוֹ | ʿal-mam-lak-tô} ‘over his kingdom’, specified by hu {הוּא | hūʾ} ‘he’ and u-vanav {וּבָנָיו | ū-vā-nāw} ‘and his sons’, forms the result clause.
In context — Deuteronomy 17:20
In order that his heart not be lifted above his brothers, and that he not deviate from the commandment to the right or to the left, thereby extending his days over his kingdom—he and his sons—within Israel .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 17:20, so the Hebrew word יַאֲרִ֨יךְ (yaarikh) 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.17.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.20.W10.S1) and character.