Deuteronomy 19:1:11Deut.19.1.W11TAB
וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֕ם
virishtam
“and you dispossess them”
- Transliteration
- vi-rish-TAM
- Extended
- vee-rish-TAHM
- IPA
- /vi.r̩ʃˈtaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you dispossess them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
vi-rish-TAM
- clause
vi-rish-TAM ve-ya-shav-TA be-a-re-HEM u-ve-va-te-HEM
- sentence
kee-yakh-REET Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha et-ha-go-YIM a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA et-ar-TSAM vi-rish-TAM ve-ya-shav-TA be-a-re-HEM u-ve-va-te-HEM
Exegesis
The sequential vav-consecutive forms virishtam {וִירִשְׁתָּם | wîyrîšṯām} “and you dispossess/inherit them” and veyashavta {וְיָשַׁבְתָּ | wə-yāšab·tā} “and you dwell” indicate legal fulfillment.
Root and etymology
y-r-šyod–resh–shin
“to take possession, inherit”
In context — Deuteronomy 19:1
When the LORD your God destroys the nations whom the LORD your God gives to you, and you dispossess them and dwell in their cities and in their houses.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 19:1, so the Hebrew word וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֕ם (virishtam) 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.19.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.1.W11.S1) and character.