Deuteronomy 19:15:8Deut.19.15.W8TAB
אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֽ͏ֶחֱטָ֑א
asher yekheta
“that he may commit”
- Transliteration
- a-sher ye-khe-TA
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR yeh-kheh-TAH
- IPA
- /ʔaˈʃɛr jɛħɛˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that he may commit
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher ye-khe-TA
- clause
LO-ya-KUM ED e-KHAD be-ISH le-KHOL-a-VON u-le-KHOL-khat-TAT be-KHOL-KHET a-sher ye-khe-TA
- sentence
LO-ya-KUM ED e-KHAD be-ISH le-KHOL-a-VON u-le-KHOL-khat-TAT be-KHOL-KHET a-sher ye-khe-TA al-PI she-NEI e-DEEM O al-PI she-lo-SHA-e-DEEM ya-KUM da-VAR
Exegesis
The relative clause with asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘which’ and yecheta {יֶחֱטָא | yəḥēṭāʾ} ‘he sins/commits’ specifies transgression.
In context — Deuteronomy 19:15
A single witness shall not stand against a person for any iniquity or for any sin, concerning any offense which he may commit; a matter shall be established by the testimony of two witnesses or by the testimony of three witnesses.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 19:15, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֽ͏ֶחֱטָ֑א (asher yekheta) 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.19.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.15.W8.S1) and character.