Deuteronomy 21:11:5Deut.21.11.W5TAB
וְחָשַׁקְתָּ֣
vekhashakta
“and you desire”
- Transliteration
- ve-kha-shak-TA
- Extended
- veh-khah-shak-TAH
- IPA
- /vəħaʃaˈktaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you desire
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-kha-shak-TA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-kha-shak-TA BAH
- clause
ve-kha-shak-TA BAH ve-la-kakh-TA le-KHA le-i-SHA
- sentence
ve-ra-i-TA ba-shiv-YA E-shet ye-FAT-TO-ar ve-kha-shak-TA BAH ve-la-kakh-TA le-KHA le-i-SHA
Exegesis
The narrative continues with ve-chashakta {וְחָשַׁקְתָּ | wə-ḥā-šaq-tā} “and you desired” plus the pronominal suffix vah {בָהּ | bāh} “her,” expressing volitional emotion.
Root and etymology
ḥ-š-q
“to desire, long for”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:11
And when you see among the captives a woman of beautiful form, and you desire her , then you may take her for yourself as a wife.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 21:11, so the Hebrew word וְחָשַׁקְתָּ֣ (vekhashakta) 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.21.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.11.W5.S1) and character.