Deuteronomy 17:7:9Deut.17.7.W9TAB
וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥
uviarta
“and you shall purge”
- Transliteration
- u-vi-AR-ta
- Extended
- oo-vee-AR-tah
- IPA
- /uviaʕˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall purge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
u-vi-AR-ta
- phraseyour reading level
u-vi-AR-ta ha-RA
- clause
u-vi-AR-ta ha-RA mi-kir-be-KHA
- sentence
YAD ha-e-DIM ti-he-ye-BO ba-ri-sho-NAH la-ha-mi-TO ve-YAD kol-ha-AM ba-a-ha-ro-NAH u-vi-AR-ta ha-RA mi-kir-be-KHA
Exegesis
Finally, ū-viʿārtā hārāʿ miqqirbĕḵā {וּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִקִּרְבֶּךָ | ū-viʿārtā hārāʿ miqqirbĕḵā} “and you shall purge the evil from your midst” states the covenantal command, with the Piel perfect conveying a completed action imperative. This legal sequential structure emphasizes due process and community purification.
In context — Deuteronomy 17:7
The hand of the witnesses shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people; so you shall purge the evil from your midst .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 17:7, so the Hebrew word וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ (uviarta) 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.17.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.7.W9.S1) and character.