Deuteronomy 19:11:12Deut.19.11.W12TAB

הָאֵֽל׃

hael

these

Transliteration
ha-EL
Extended
haa-EEL
IPA
/haˈʔeːl/

Meaning by language

English
these

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Result
הָ + אֵֽל׃
ha + el
hael

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-EL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    he-a-RIM ha-EL

  3. clause

    ve-NAS el-a-KHAT he-a-RIM ha-EL

  4. sentence

    ve-KHI-ye-HYEH EESH so-NE le-re-EH-hu ve-a-RAV lo ve-KAM a-LAV ve-hi-KA-hu NE-fesh va-MET ve-NAS el-a-KHAT he-a-RIM ha-EL

Exegesis

The final clause wenās ʾel ʾaḥat hēʿārîm hāʾēl {וְנָס אֶל־אַחַת הֶעָרִים הָאֵל | wə-nās ʾel-ʾă-ḥát hē-ʿā-rîm hā-ʾēl} ‘and he flees to one of these cities’ introduces the legal provision of refuge, completing the structure of offense, consequence, and asylum.

In contextDeuteronomy 19:11

And if a man, hating his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, strikes him fatally, so that he dies, and flees to one of these cities ,

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 19:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 19:11, so the Hebrew word הָאֵֽל׃ (hael) 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.19.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.11.W12.S1) and character.