Deuteronomy 17:8:15Deut.17.8.W15TAB
וְעָלִ֔יתָ
vealita
“and go up”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-li-TA
- Extended
- veh-ah-LEE-tah
- IPA
- /vəˈqam.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and go up
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ve-a-li-TA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KAM-ta ve-a-li-TA
- clause
ve-KAM-ta ve-a-li-TA el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO
- sentence
KI yi-pa-LE mi-mek-KHA da-VAR la-mish-PAT bein-DAM le-DAM bein-DEEN le-DEEN u-vein NE-ga la-NE-ga div-RE ri-VOT bish-a-re-KHA ve-KAM-ta ve-a-li-TA el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO
Exegesis
Vav-consecutive perfects ve-qamṭā and ve-ʿālîtā {וְקַמְתָּ וְעָלִיתָ | wə-qam·ṭā wə-ʿā·lî·tā} transition to the apodosis.
In context — Deuteronomy 17:8
If a case is too difficult for you to judge—between blood and blood, between case and case, or between affliction and affliction—matters of dispute within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the LORD your God will choose .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Deuteronomy 17:8, so the Hebrew word וְעָלִ֔יתָ (vealita) 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.17.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.8.W15.S1) and character.