Deuteronomy 18:6:4Deut.18.6.W4TAB
שְׁעָרֶ֙יךָ֙
shearekha
“of your gates”
- Transliteration
- she-a-re-KHA
- Extended
- sheh-ah-REH-khah
- IPA
- /ʃə.ʕaːˈreː.xa/
Meaning by language
- English
- of your gates
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
she-a-re-KHA
- phraseyour reading level
me-a-KHAD she-a-re-KHA
- clause
ve-khi-ya-VO ha-le-VI me-a-KHAD she-a-re-KHA mi-KOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER-hu GAR SHAM
- 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 locative expressions me-’achad she-areikha {מֵאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ | mē-ʾă-ḥaḏ šə-ʿā-rê-ḵā} ‘from one of your gates’ and mi-kol Yisra-el {מִכָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל | miḵ-kōl yiś-rā-ʾēl} ‘from all Israel’ form a genitive construct specifying origin.
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 18:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 18:6, so the Hebrew word שְׁעָרֶ֙יךָ֙ (shearekha) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.6.W4.S1) and character.