Deuteronomy 18:10:1Deut.18.10.W1TAB
לֹֽא־יִמָּצֵ֣א
loyimatse
“There shall not be found”
- Transliteration
- lo-yi-ma-TSE
- Extended
- loh-yee-mah-TSEH
- IPA
- /loˈ.jim.maˈtseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- There shall not be found
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
lo-yi-ma-TSE
- phraseyour reading level
lo-yi-ma-TSE be-KHA
- clause
lo-yi-ma-TSE be-KHA ma-a-VEER be-NO-u-vi-TO ba-ESH
- sentence
lo-yi-ma-TSE be-KHA ma-a-VEER be-NO-u-vi-TO ba-ESH ko-SEM ke-sa-MIM me-o-NEN u-me-na-KHESH u-me-ka-SHEF
Exegesis
The verse opens with lo {לֹֽא־ | lōʼ} ‘not’ paired with the Niphal imperfect yimmatse {יִמָּצֵ֣א | yim-maṣ-’ē} ‘will be found,’ forming an absolute prohibition.
In context — Deuteronomy 18:10
There shall not be found among you anyone who causes his son and his daughter to pass through the fire, a practitioner of divination , a soothsayer, an interpreter of omens , or a practitioner of sorcery.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 18:10, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־יִמָּצֵ֣א (loyimatse) 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.18.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.10.W1.S1) and character.