Deuteronomy 21:15:6Deut.21.15.W6TAB
אֲהוּבָה֙
ahuvah
“loved”
- Transliteration
- a-hu-VAH
- Extended
- ah-hu-VAH
- IPA
- /ʔa.huˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- loved
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-hu-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
ha-a-KHAT a-hu-VAH
- clause
ki-tih-ye-NA le-ISH shtey na-SHIM ha-a-KHAT a-hu-VAH ve-ha-a-KHAT se-nu-AH ve-yal-DU-lo ba-NIM ha-a-hu-VAH ve-has-se-nu-AH
- sentence
ki-tih-ye-NA le-ISH shtey na-SHIM ha-a-KHAT a-hu-VAH ve-ha-a-KHAT se-nu-AH ve-yal-DU-lo ba-NIM ha-a-hu-VAH ve-has-se-nu-AH ve-ha-YA ha-BEN ha-be-KHOR la-se-ni-AH
Exegesis
The paired participial phrases hā’aḥat ’ăḥūvāh and wə-hā’aḥat sĕnû’āh {הָאַחַת אֲהוּבָה וְהָאַחַת שְׂנוּאָה | hā’aḥat ’ăḥūvāh wə-hā’aḥat sĕnû’āh} emphasize contrasting spousal status.
Root and etymology
h-valeph–he–beth
“to love”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man has two wives—one beloved and the other unloved —and both bear him sons, but the firstborn son belongs to the unloved wife,
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:15:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 21:15, so the Hebrew word אֲהוּבָה֙ (ahuvah) 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.21.15.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.15.W6.S1) and character.