Deuteronomy 19:3:4Deut.19.3.W4TAB
וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙
veshilashta
“and divide into three”
- Transliteration
- ve-shi-LASH-ta
- Extended
- veh-shi-LASH-tah
- IPA
- /vəʃilˈlaʃtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and divide into three
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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' |
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Word in context
- word
ve-shi-LASH-ta
- clause
ta-KHIN le-KHA ha-DE-rekh ve-shi-LASH-ta et-ge-VUL ar-tsekha a-SHER yan-KHIL-kha Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
ta-KHIN le-KHA ha-DE-rekh ve-shi-LASH-ta et-ge-VUL ar-tsekha a-SHER yan-KHIL-kha Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ve-ha-YA la-NUS sha-MAH kol-ro-TSE-akh
Exegesis
The sequential imperatives takhin {תָּכִ֣ין | tā·ḵî·n} ‘prepare’ and veshilashta {וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ | wə·šil·lā·š·tā} ‘divide into three’ are connected by the vav-consecutive to form a compound directive.
In context — Deuteronomy 19:3
You shall prepare the way for yourself and divide the territory within the boundary of your land into three parts that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that every killer may flee there.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 19:3, so the Hebrew word וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙ (veshilashta) 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.19.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.3.W4.S1) and character.