Deuteronomy 18:4:2Deut.18.4.W2TAB
דְּגֽ͏ָנְךָ֜
degankha
“of your grain”
- Transliteration
- de-GAN-kha
- Extended
- deh-GAAN-kha
- IPA
- /dəɡaːnˈxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- of your grain
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Alphabet Analysis
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
de-GAN-kha
- phraseyour reading level
re-shIT de-GAN-kha
- sentence
re-shIT de-GAN-kha ti-ROSH-kha ve-yits-ha-RE-kha ve-re-shIT GEZ tsON-kha ti-TEN-lo
Exegesis
The construct sequence degankha {דְּגֽ͏ָנְךָ֜ | də-ḡānə-ḵā} ‘your grain’, paired with tiroshkha {תִּֽירֹשְׁךָ֣ | ṯî-rōšə-ḵā} ‘your new wine’ and veyitzhaREkha {וְיִצְהָרֶ֗ךָ | wə-yiṣ-ḥā-rɛ-ḵā} ‘and your oil’, forms a coordinated list of agricultural firstfruits linked by waw.
In context — Deuteronomy 18:4
The first of your grain, your new wine, and your oil, and the first fleece of your sheep, you shall give to him.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 18:4, so the Hebrew word דְּגֽ͏ָנְךָ֜ (degankha) 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.18.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.4.W2.S1) and character.