Deuteronomy 21:15:8Deut.21.15.W8TAB
שְׂנוּאָ֔ה
senuah
“unloved”
- Transliteration
- se-nu-AH
- Extended
- seh-nu-AH
- IPA
- /sənuˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- unloved
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
se-nu-AH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-a-KHAT se-nu-AH
- 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
s-n-ʾshin–nun–aleph
“to hate”
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 21:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 21:15, so the Hebrew word שְׂנוּאָ֔ה (senuah) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.15.W8.S1) and character.