Deuteronomy 17:4:9Deut.17.4.W9TAB

נֶעֶשְׂתָ֛ה

neehseta

has been done

Transliteration
ne-eh-SE-ta
Extended
neh-ehs-TAH
IPA
/ne.ʕɛʃˈta/

Meaning by language

English
has been done

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
נֶ + עֶ + שְׂ + תָ֛ה
ne + eh + se + ta
neehseta

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ne-eh-SE-ta

  2. clause

    ve-da-RAS-ta he-TEV ve-hin-NEH e-MET na-KHON ha-da-VAR ne-eh-SE-ta ha-to-ei-VAH ha-ZOT be-yis-ra-EL

  3. sentence

    veh-hu-GAD-le-KHA ve-sha-MA-ta ve-da-RAS-ta he-TEV ve-hin-NEH e-MET na-KHON ha-da-VAR ne-eh-SE-ta ha-to-ei-VAH ha-ZOT be-yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The passive Niphal perfect neʿesetah {נֶעֶשְׂתָה | nə-ʿə-sā-ṯā} ‘has been done’ foregrounds the completion of the act, fitting its judicial context.

In contextDeuteronomy 17:4

And it has been told to you, and you have heard, and you have investigated , and behold, if the matter is true and established , that this abomination has been done in Israel.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 17:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 17:4, so the Hebrew word נֶעֶשְׂתָ֛ה (neehseta) 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.17.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.4.W9.S1) and character.