Deuteronomy 18:14:9Deut.18.14.W9TAB
וְאֶל־קֹסְמִ֖ים
veelkosmim
“and to diviners”
- Transliteration
- ve-el-kos-MIM
- Extended
- veh-ehl-kohs-MEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.məʕonˈnim/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to diviners
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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
ve-el-kos-MIM
- phraseyour reading level
el-me-o-ne-NIM ve-el-kos-MIM
- clause
KI ha-go-YIM ha-E-le a-SHER a-TA yo-RESH o-TAM el-me-o-ne-NIM ve-el-kos-MIM yish-MA-U
- sentence
KI ha-go-YIM ha-E-le a-SHER a-TA yo-RESH o-TAM el-me-o-ne-NIM ve-el-kos-MIM yish-MA-U ve-a-TA LO KEN na-TAN le-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The paired prepositional sequences el-meonenim {אֶל־מְעֹנְנִים | ʾel-mə-ʿō-nɛ-nîm} ‘to soothsayers’ and ve-el-kosemim {וְאֶל־קֹסְמִים | wə-ʾel-qô-sə-mîm} ‘and to diviners’ list prohibited practices in parallel.
Root and etymology
“to divine or seek omens”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:14
For these nations, which you will dispossess, listen to soothsayers and to diviners, but as for you, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 18:14, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־קֹסְמִ֖ים (veelkosmim) 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.18.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.14.W9.S1) and character.