Deuteronomy 21:16:14Deut.21.16.W14TAB
הַבְּכֹֽר׃
habekhor
“the firstborn”
- Transliteration
- ha-be-KHOR
- Extended
- hah-beh-KHOHR
- IPA
- /habbəˈxoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the firstborn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
ha-be-KHOR
- clause
LO yu-KHAL le-va-KER ET-ben-ha-a-hu-VAH al-pe-NEI ben-ha-se-nu-AH ha-be-KHOR
- sentence
ve-ha-YA be-YOM han-KHI-lo ET-ba-NAV ET a-SHER-ye-HYEH LO LO yu-KHAL le-va-KER ET-ben-ha-a-hu-VAH al-pe-NEI ben-ha-se-nu-AH ha-be-KHOR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase al-penei {עַל־פְּנֵ֥י | ʿal-pə-nê} underscores the idiom of preference and culminates in ha-bekhor {הַבְּכֹר | ha-ḇə-ḵōr}, the definitive legal heir. English translation preserves Hebrew parallelism and the force of prohibition.
Root and etymology
b-kh-rbet–kaph–resh
“first born”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:16
And it shall be on the day that he causes his sons to inherit what belongs to him, he shall not be able to treat as firstborn the son of his beloved wife in preference to the son of his unloved wife, the firstborn.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Deuteronomy 21:16, so the Hebrew word הַבְּכֹֽר׃ (habekhor) 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.21.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.16.W14.S1) and character.