Deuteronomy 18:11:3Deut.18.11.W3TAB
וְשֹׁאֵ֥ל
veshoel
“or one consulting”
- Transliteration
- ve-sho-EL
- Extended
- veh-shoh-EHL
- IPA
- /vəʃoˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- or one consulting
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sho-EL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sho-EL OV
- clause
ve-sho-EL OV ve-yid-o-NEE ve-do-RESH el-ha-me-TIM
- sentence
ve-kho-VER kha-VER ve-sho-EL OV ve-yid-o-NEE ve-do-RESH el-ha-me-TIM
Exegesis
The next clause, ve-shoel ov {וְשֹׁאֵ֥ל אוֹב֙ | wə-šo’ēl ’ōḇ} ‘one who asks a medium’, denotes spirit communication.
Root and etymology
RootShin-Aleph-Lamed
“to ask”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:11
Or one who binds a magical bond, or one who asks a medium, or one who invokes a familiar spirit, or one who inquires of the dead.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 18:11, so the Hebrew word וְשֹׁאֵ֥ל (veshoel) 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.18.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.11.W3.S1) and character.