Deuteronomy 19:4:3Deut.19.4.W3TAB
הָרֹצֵ֔חַ
harotseakh
“of the manslayer”
- Transliteration
- ha-ro-TSE-akh
- Extended
- hah-roh-TSEH-akh
- IPA
- /haʁoˈtse.aħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the manslayer
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ro-TSE-akh
- phraseyour reading level
de-VAR ha-ro-TSE-akh
- clause
ve-ZEH de-VAR ha-ro-TSE-akh a-SHER ya-NUS sha-MAH va-KHAI
- sentence
ve-ZEH de-VAR ha-ro-TSE-akh a-SHER ya-NUS sha-MAH va-KHAI a-SHER ya-KEH et-re-EI-hu biv-LEE-DA-at ve-HU lo-so-NE LO mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM
Exegesis
Devar {דְּבַ֣ר | də-var} ‘matter’ in construct with harotzeach {הָרֹצֵ֔חַ | hā-rō-ṣē-aḥ} ‘manslayer’ establishes the case title.
Root and etymology
r-ṣ-ḥresh–tsade–chet
“to murder”
In context — Deuteronomy 19:4
And this is the case concerning the manslayer who flees there and lives when he strikes his neighbor without knowledge , provided that he had not hated him from yesterday or the day before.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 19:4, so the Hebrew word הָרֹצֵ֔חַ (harotseakh) 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.19.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.4.W3.S1) and character.