Deuteronomy 19:14:17Deut.19.14.W17TAB
לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃
lerishtah
“to possess it”
- Transliteration
- le-rish-TAH
- Extended
- leh-rish-TAH
- IPA
- /ləriʃˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to possess it
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 | |
| 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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-rish-TAH
- clause
be-na-cha-LAT-kha a-SHER tin-KHAL va-A-retz a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA le-rish-TAH
- sentence
LO ta-SIG ge-VUL re-a-KHA a-SHER gav-LU ri-sho-NIM be-na-cha-LAT-kha a-SHER tin-KHAL va-A-retz a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA le-rish-TAH
In context — Deuteronomy 19:14
You shall not move the boundary of your neighbor, which the former ones set, in your inheritance which you are to inherit in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:14:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Deuteronomy 19:14, so the Hebrew word לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ (lerishtah) 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.19.14.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.14.W17.S1) and character.