Deuteronomy 19:18:1Deut.19.18.W1TAB
וְדָרְשׁ֥וּ
vedarshu
“and they shall inquire”
- Transliteration
- ve-dar-SHU
- Extended
- veh-dar-SHOO
- IPA
- /vədarˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they shall inquire
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-dar-SHU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-dar-SHU ha-shof-TIM
- clause
ve-dar-SHU ha-shof-TIM hei-TEV
- sentence
ve-dar-SHU ha-shof-TIM hei-TEV ve-hin-NEH ed-SHE-ker ha-ED SHE-ker a-NA ve-a-KHI-v
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive on vedarashu {וְדָרְשׁ֥וּ | wə·dār·šû} ‘and they shall investigate’ signals a continuation of the legal directive.
Root and etymology
d-r-šdalet, resh, shin
“to seek, investigate”
In context — Deuteronomy 19:18
And the judges shall investigate thoroughly, and behold, if the witness is a false witness and has testified falsehood against his brother.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 19:18, so the Hebrew word וְדָרְשׁ֥וּ (vedarshu) 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.19.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.18.W1.S1) and character.