Deuteronomy 21:17:2Deut.21.17.W2TAB
אֶת־הַבְּכֹ֨ר
ethabekhor
“the firstborn”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-be-KHOR
- Extended
- EET-hah-be-KHOHR
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.habˈbəxoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- the firstborn
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ha-be-KHOR
- phraseyour reading level
KI et-ha-be-KHOR ben-ha-se-nu-AH
- clause
KI et-ha-be-KHOR ben-ha-se-nu-AH ya-KIR la-TET LO PI she-NA-yim be-KHOL a-SHER-yim-ma-TSE LO
- sentence
KI et-ha-be-KHOR ben-ha-se-nu-AH ya-KIR la-TET LO PI she-NA-yim be-KHOL a-SHER-yim-ma-TSE LO KI-HU re-shit O-no LO mish-PAT ha-be-kho-RAH
Exegesis
The direct object marker et {אֶת | et} ‘direct object marker’ signals that ha-bekhor {הַבְּכֹר | ha-bekhor} ‘the firstborn’ is the object of the Hiphil verb yakir {יַכִּיר | yakîr} ‘he shall acknowledge’.
Root and etymology
b-kh-rbet–kaph–resh
“first born”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:17
But he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that is found to him, for he is the beginning of his strength; to him belongs the right of the firstborn.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 21:17, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַבְּכֹ֨ר (ethabekhor) 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.21.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.17.W2.S1) and character.