Deuteronomy 20:14:4Deut.20.14.W4TAB
וְהַבְּהֵמָ֜ה
vehabehema
“and the livestock”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-be-HE-ma
- Extended
- veh-hah-beh-HEH-mah
- IPA
- /vəhab.bəheˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the livestock
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-be-HE-ma
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-TAF ve-ha-be-HE-ma
- clause
RAK ha-na-SHIM ve-ha-TAF ve-ha-be-HE-ma ve-KOL a-SHER yih-YE va-IR kol-shla-LAH ta-VOZ LAKH
- sentence
RAK ha-na-SHIM ve-ha-TAF ve-ha-be-HE-ma ve-KOL a-SHER yih-YE va-IR kol-shla-LAH ta-VOZ LAKH ve-a-KHAL-ta et-shlal oi-ve-KHA a-SHER na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha LAKH
Exegesis
A chain of vav-conjunctions links hanashim {הַנָּשִׁים | han-nā-šîm} ‘the women’, vegnaṭap {וְהַטַּף | wə-ha-ṭāp} ‘the little ones’, vehabehemah {וְהַבְּהֵמָה | wə-ha-bə-hē-māh} ‘the livestock’, and vekol {וְכֹל | wə-kōl} ‘all’, defining the scope of items.
In context — Deuteronomy 20:14
Only the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is within the city—all its spoil—you shall plunder for yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 20:14, so the Hebrew word וְהַבְּהֵמָ֜ה (vehabehema) 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.20.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.14.W4.S1) and character.