Deuteronomy 20:1:3Deut.20.1.W3TAB
עַל־אֹיְבֶ֗יךָ
aloyvekha
“against your enemies”
- Transliteration
- al-oy-ve-KHA
- Extended
- ahl-oy-veh-KHAH
- IPA
- /ʕal-ʔojˈveːxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- against your enemies
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-oy-ve-KHA
- clause
kee-te-TSE la-mil-kha-MA al-oy-ve-KHA ve-ra-I-ta SUS va-RE-khev am-RAV mim-KHA lo ti-RA me-HEM
- sentence
kee-te-TSE la-mil-kha-MA al-oy-ve-KHA ve-ra-I-ta SUS va-RE-khev am-RAV mim-KHA lo ti-RA me-HEM kee-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-MAKH ha-ma-al-KHA me-E-retz mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lamilchamah {לַמִּלְחָמָה | lam-mi-ḥā-mā(h)} ‘to war’ governs the adversaries marked by al-oyvekha {עַל־אֹיְבֶיךָ | ʿal-’ō-bê-kā} ‘against your enemies.’
In context — Deuteronomy 20:1
When you go out to fight against your enemies and you see horses and chariots and a force larger than you, you must not fear them, for the LORD your God is with you—He is the One who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 20:1, so the Hebrew word עַל־אֹיְבֶ֗יךָ (aloyvekha) 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.20.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.1.W3.S1) and character.