Deuteronomy 17:3:14Deut.17.3.W14TAB

לֹא־צִוִּֽיתִי׃

lotsiviti

I have not commanded

Transliteration
lo-tsi-VI-ti
Extended
LOH-tsi-VEE-tee
IPA
/ʔaˈʃɛr/

Meaning by language

English
I have not commanded

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לֹא + צִ + וִּֽי + תִי׃
lo + tsi + vi + ti
lotsiviti

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tsadets as in cats
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    lo-tsi-VI-ti

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER lo-tsi-VI-ti

  3. clause

    ve-la-SHE-mesh OH la-ya-RE-akh OH le-KHOL-tsva ha-sha-MA-yim a-SHER lo-tsi-VI-ti

  4. sentence

    va-ye-LEKH va-ya-a-VOD e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-yish-ta-KHU la-HEM ve-la-SHE-mesh OH la-ya-RE-akh OH le-KHOL-tsva ha-sha-MA-yim a-SHER lo-tsi-VI-ti

Exegesis

The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ connects to the clause lotsiviti {לֹא־צִוִּֽיתִי | lō-ṣî-wî-ṯî} ‘I did not command’, asserting divine authority and underscoring the exclusivity of legitimate worship.

Root and etymology

l-ʾlamed–aleph

not

In contextDeuteronomy 17:3

And he went and served other gods and bowed down to them or to the sun or to the moon or to all the host of the heavens , which I have not commanded.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 17:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Deuteronomy 17:3, so the Hebrew word לֹא־צִוִּֽיתִי׃ (lotsiviti) 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.17.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.3.W14.S1) and character.