Deuteronomy 21:14:10Deut.21.14.W10TAB

לֹא־תִתְעַמֵּ֣ר

lotitamer

you shall not treat her as a slave

Transliteration
lo-tit-a-MER
Extended
loh-tit-ah-MEHr
IPA
/loː.tit.ʕamˈmeːr/

Meaning by language

English
you shall not treat her as a slave

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Result
לֹא + תִתְ + עַ + מֵּ֣ר
lo + tit + a + mer
lotitamer

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tavt as in top
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    lo-tit-a-MER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lo-tit-a-MER BAH

  3. clause

    lo-tit-a-MER BAH TA-khat a-SHER in-ni-TAH

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-YA IM-LO kha-fats-TA BAH ve-shi-lakh-TAH le-naf-SHAH u-ma-KHOR lo-tim-ke-RE-na ba-KA-sef lo-tit-a-MER BAH TA-khat a-SHER in-ni-TAH

Exegesis

The reflexive Hitpael lo-titammer bah {לֹא־תִתְעַמֵּר בָּהּ | lō-tit-ʿam-mēr bāh} forbids enslavement.

In contextDeuteronomy 21:14

And it shall be, if you do not delight in her, you shall send her away to herself, and you shall not sell her for silver, you shall not treat her as a slave , because you have afflicted her.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 21:14:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 21:14, so the Hebrew word לֹא־תִתְעַמֵּ֣ר (lotitamer) 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.21.14.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.14.W10.S1) and character.