Deuteronomy 17:3:5Deut.17.3.W5TAB
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ
vayishtakhu
“and bows down”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-ta-KHU
- Extended
- vah-yeesh-tah-KHOO
- IPA
- /vajjiʃˈtaħuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and bows down
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
va-yish-ta-KHU
- clause
va-ye-LEKH va-ya-a-VOD e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-yish-ta-KHU la-HEM
- 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 verse employs a sequence of vav-consecutive verbs—vayelekh {וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ | way-yē-leḵ} ‘and he went’, vayyaavod {וֽ͏ַיַּעֲבֹד֙ | way-ya-‘ă-ḇōḏ} ‘and he served’, and vayishtakhu {וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ | way-yish-ta-ḥû} ‘and he prostrated himself’—each advancing the narrative.
In context — Deuteronomy 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 17:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 17:3, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (vayishtakhu) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.3.W5.S1) and character.