Deuteronomy 19:17:4Deut.19.17.W4TAB
הָרִ֖יב
hariv
“the dispute”
- Transliteration
- ha-RIV
- Extended
- hah-REEV
- IPA
- /haˈriːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- the dispute
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-RIV
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-la-HEM ha-RIV
- clause
ve-am-DU she-NEI-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER-la-HEM ha-RIV lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-am-DU she-NEI-ha-a-na-SHIM a-SHER-la-HEM ha-RIV lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH lif-NEI ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-ha-shof-TIM a-SHER yih-YU ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-lahem {אֲשֶׁר־לָהֶם | ’ă-šer lā-hem} ‘who have’ links the participants to ha-riv {הָרִיב | hā-rîḇ} ‘the dispute’.
Root and etymology
“to contend”
In context — Deuteronomy 19:17
Then the two men who have the dispute must stand before the LORD , before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 19:17, so the Hebrew word הָרִ֖יב (hariv) 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.19.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.17.W4.S1) and character.