Deuteronomy 18:11:7Deut.18.11.W7TAB
אֶל־הַמֵּתִֽים׃
elhametim
“of the dead”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-me-TIM
- Extended
- el-hah-meh-TEEM
- IPA
- /ʔel.hamˈmeːtim/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the dead
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-me-TIM
- 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
Finally, ve-doresh el ha-metim {וְדֹרֵ֖שׁ אֶל־הַמֵּתִֽים | wə-dō-rēš ʾel ham-mē-tîm} ‘one who inquires to the dead’ pairs a participle with a prepositional phrase. The English retains the Hebrew parataxis by using present-tense participial forms and mirrors the construct relationships. The term el is rendered as “to” to reflect its directional force.
Root and etymology
RootMem-Vav-Tav
“to die”
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 18:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 18:11, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַמֵּתִֽים׃ (elhametim) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.11.W7.S1) and character.