Deuteronomy 18:11:4Deut.18.11.W4TAB

אוֹב֙

ov

a medium

Transliteration
OV
Extended
OHV
IPA
/ʔoːv/

Meaning by language

English
a medium

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    OV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-sho-EL OV

  3. clause

    ve-sho-EL OV ve-yid-o-NEE ve-do-RESH el-ha-me-TIM

  4. 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

medium

In contextDeuteronomy 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 18:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 18:11, so the Hebrew word אוֹב֙ (ov) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.11.W4.S1) and character.