Deuteronomy 17:3:9Deut.17.3.W9TAB
לַיָּרֵ֗חַ
layareakh
“to the moon”
- Transliteration
- la-ya-RE-akh
- Extended
- lah-yah-REH-akh
- IPA
- /ʔoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the moon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
la-ya-RE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-la-SHE-mesh OH la-ya-RE-akh
- clause
ve-la-SHE-mesh OH la-ya-RE-akh OH le-KHOL-tsva ha-sha-MA-yim a-SHER lo-tsi-VI-ti
- 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
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 17:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 17:3, so the Hebrew word לַיָּרֵ֗חַ (layareakh) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.3.W9.S1) and character.