Deuteronomy 20:1:9Deut.20.1.W9TAB
לֹ֥א תִירָ֖א
lo tira
“do not be afraid”
- Transliteration
- lo ti-RA
- Extended
- loh tee-RAA
- IPA
- /loː tiːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not be afraid
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
lo ti-RA
- 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 negative imperative lo tira {לֹא תִירָא | lō’ ṯî-rā’} ‘must not fear’ issues a prohibition, followed by the causal ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for,’ introducing the reason based on the compound divine name YHWH Eloheikha {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | Yə-hō-wāh ʼĕ-lō-hê-kā} ‘LORD your God,’ reinforced by immakh {עִמָּךְ | ’im-mā-kh} ‘with you.’
Root and etymology
י־ר־א
“to fear”
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 20:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 20:1, so the Hebrew word לֹ֥א תִירָ֖א (lo tira) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.1.W9.S1) and character.