Deuteronomy 18:11:5Deut.18.11.W5TAB
וְיִדְּעֹנִ֔י
veyidonee
“or a familiar spirit”
- Transliteration
- ve-yid-o-NEE
- Extended
- veh-yid-oh-NEE
- IPA
- /vəjidːoˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- or a familiar spirit
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-yid-o-NEE
- 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 standalone ve-yidoni {וְיִדְּעֹנִ֔י | wə-yid-’ō-nî} ‘familiar spirit’ functions as a nominal category.
Root and etymology
RootYod-Dalet-Ayin
“to know”
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 18:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 18:11, so the Hebrew word וְיִדְּעֹנִ֔י (veyidonee) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.11.W5.S1) and character.