Deuteronomy 17:20:8Deut.17.20.W8TAB
וּשְׂמֹ֑אול
usemol
“or to the left”
- Transliteration
- u-se-MOL
- Extended
- oo-seh-MOHL
- IPA
- /uʃəˈmoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- or to the left
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-se-MOL
- phraseyour reading level
ya-MIN u-se-MOL
- clause
le-vil-TI RUM-le-va-VO me-e-khaV u-le-vil-TI SUR min-ha-mits-VAH ya-MIN u-se-MOL
- 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 phrase min-hamitzvah {מִן־הַמִּצְוָה | min-hā-mits-wāh} ‘from the commandment’ is followed by the coordinated objects yamin {יָמִין | yā-min} ‘right’ and ushemol {וּשְׂמֹאול | ū-sĕ-mō-ʾôl} ‘left’, creating an exhaustive orientation.
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 17:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 17:20, so the Hebrew word וּשְׂמֹ֑אול (usemol) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.20.W8.S1) and character.