Deuteronomy 21:10:3Deut.21.10.W3TAB
עַל־אֹיְבֶ֑יךָ
aloyveikha
“against your enemies”
- Transliteration
- al-oy-vei-KHA
- Extended
- ahl-oy-veh-KHAH
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʔojˈvejxaː/
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-vei-KHA
- clause
kee-te-TSE la-mil-kha-MA al-oy-vei-KHA
- sentence
kee-te-TSE la-mil-kha-MA al-oy-vei-KHA u-ne-TA-no Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha be-ya-de-KHA ve-sha-VI-ta shiv-YO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase la-milchamah {לַמִּלְחָמָה | la-mil-ḥā-māh} ‘to war’ defines the arena of conflict, modified by al-oyvekha {עַל־אֹיְבֶיךָ | ʿal-ʾō-ye-vekā} ‘against your enemies’, where the preposition al {עַל | ʿal} denotes opposition and a pronominal suffix marks possession.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ-v-l
“yoke, burden”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:10
When you go out to war against your enemies and the LORD your God gives them into your hand , and you capture their captives.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 21:10, so the Hebrew word עַל־אֹיְבֶ֑יךָ (aloyveikha) 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.21.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.10.W3.S1) and character.