Deuteronomy 18:7:1Deut.18.7.W1TAB
וְשֵׁרֵ֕ת
vesheret
“and he ministers”
- Transliteration
- ve-she-RET
- Extended
- veh-sheh-RET
- IPA
- /vəʃeˈreːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he ministers
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-she-RET
- clause
ve-she-RET be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV
- sentence
ve-she-RET be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV ke-KHOL-e-KHAV hal-ve-YIM ha-om-DEEM SHAM lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The narrative Vav-Consecutive ve-sheret {וְשֵׁ֕רֵת | wə-šê-rēt} ‘he ministers’ shifts the verb into a future-historical aspect.
Root and etymology
ש־ר־ת
“minister”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:7
And he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, like all his brothers the Levites, who stand there before the LORD.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 18:7, so the Hebrew word וְשֵׁרֵ֕ת (vesheret) 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.18.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.7.W1.S1) and character.