Deuteronomy 17:5:12Deut.17.5.W12TAB
אֶל־שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ
elshearekha
“to your gates”
- Transliteration
- el-she-a-RE-kha
- Extended
- el-sheh-ah-REH-khah
- IPA
- /ʔel ʃəʕaˈreːxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to your gates
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-she-a-RE-kha
- clause
ve-ho-tse-TA ET-ha-ISH ha-HU O ET-ha-i-SHA ha-HI a-SHER a-SU ET-ha-da-VAR ha-RA ha-ZE el-she-a-RE-kha ET-ha-ISH O ET-ha-i-SHA
- sentence
ve-ho-tse-TA ET-ha-ISH ha-HU O ET-ha-i-SHA ha-HI a-SHER a-SU ET-ha-da-VAR ha-RA ha-ZE el-she-a-RE-kha ET-ha-ISH O ET-ha-i-SHA u-se-kal-TAM ba-a-va-NIM va-me-TU
Exegesis
The specification el-she’arekha {אֶל־שְׁעָרֶיךָ | ʾel-šə-ʿā-rê-kha} ‘to your gates’ designates the communal venue for enforcement.
Root and etymology
שׁ־ע־ר
“gate”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:5
And you shall bring out that man or that woman who has done this evil thing to your gates, and you shall stone them with stones , and they shall die.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 17:5, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ (elshearekha) 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.17.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.5.W12.S1) and character.