Deuteronomy 17:5:16Deut.17.5.W16TAB
וּסְקַלְתָּ֥ם
usekaltam
“and you shall stone them”
- Transliteration
- u-se-kal-TAM
- Extended
- oo-seh-kal-TAHM
- IPA
- /usqaltˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall stone them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-se-kal-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
u-se-kal-TAM ba-a-va-NIM
- clause
u-se-kal-TAM ba-a-va-NIM va-me-TU
- 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
Finally, usqaltam ba’avanim {וּסְקַלְתָּם בָּאֲבָנִים | ū-sə-ḳal-tam bā-ʾă-vā-nîm} ‘and you shall stone them with stones’ and vametu {וָמֵתוּ | wā-mê-tû} ‘and they shall die’ present the outcome in paratactic sequence, rendered in English with parallel structure to retain legal clarity.
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 17:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Deuteronomy 17:5, so the Hebrew word וּסְקַלְתָּ֥ם (usekaltam) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.5.W16.S1) and character.