Deuteronomy 19:11:4Deut.19.11.W4TAB
לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ
lereehhu
“his neighbor”
- Transliteration
- le-re-EH-hu
- Extended
- leh-reh-EH-hu
- IPA
- /lərɛˈʕehu/
Meaning by language
- English
- his neighbor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-re-EH-hu
- phraseyour reading level
so-NE le-re-EH-hu
- clause
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
- 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 participle sone {שֹׂנֵא | sō-nêʾ} ‘hates’ combined with lereʾehû {לְרֵעֵהוּ | lə-rê-ʿê-hû} ‘to his neighbor’ forms a circumstantial clause that expresses deliberate animosity.
Root and etymology
r-ʿ-hresh–ayin–heh
“friend, neighbor”
In context — Deuteronomy 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 19:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 19:11, so the Hebrew word לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ (lereehhu) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.11.W4.S1) and character.