Deuteronomy 20:11:4Deut.20.11.W4TAB
וּפָתְחָ֖ה
ufatkha
“and it opens”
- Transliteration
- u-fat-KHA
- Extended
- oo-fat-KHAH
- IPA
- /u.faːtˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and it opens
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-fat-KHA
- clause
ve-ha-YA im-sha-LOM ta-an-KHA u-fat-KHA LAKH
- sentence
ve-ha-YA im-sha-LOM ta-an-KHA u-fat-KHA LAKH ve-ha-YA kol-ha-AM ha-nim-TSAH-BAH yih-YU le-KHA la-MAS va-a-va-DU-kha
Exegesis
Two Qal perfect verbs—taanəkha {תַּעַנְךָ֔ | taʿanˈnekhā} ‘it answers you’ and ufatchah {וּפָתְחָ֖ה | ū-pā-ṭā-ḥāh} ‘it opens’—agree with the implied feminine subject of the city, completing the protasis.
In context — Deuteronomy 20:11
If it answers you with peace and opens to you, then all the people found in it shall become your forced labor and shall serve you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 20:11, so the Hebrew word וּפָתְחָ֖ה (ufatkha) 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.20.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.11.W4.S1) and character.