Deuteronomy 18:6:12Deut.18.6.W12TAB
אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֥ר
asheryivkhar
“that will choose”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-yiv-KHAR
- Extended
- a-SHEHR-yeev-KHAR
- IPA
- /ʔaʃer.jivˈχar/
Meaning by language
- English
- that will choose
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-yiv-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
u-VA be-KHOL-a-VAT naf-SHO el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-khi-ya-VO ha-le-VI me-a-KHAD she-a-re-KHA mi-KOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER-hu GAR SHAM u-VA be-KHOL-a-VAT naf-SHO el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The final subordinate clause el ha-makom asher yivchar YHWH {אֶל־הַמָּקֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר יְהוָה | ʾel ha-mā-qōm ʾă-šer yiv-ḥar Yəhōwāh} presents the LORD’s sovereign choice of a central sanctuary.
Root and etymology
b-ḥ-rbet–ḥet–resh
“to choose, select”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:6
And when the Levite comes from one of your gates in all Israel, where he sojourns, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which the LORD will choose.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 18:6, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֥ר (asheryivkhar) 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.18.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.6.W12.S1) and character.