Deuteronomy 21:19:1Deut.21.19.W1TAB
וְתָ֥פְשׂוּ
vetafsu
“and they shall seize”
- Transliteration
- ve-taf-SU
- Extended
- veh-taf-SOO
- IPA
- /vətafˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they shall seize
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-taf-SU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-taf-SU BO
- clause
ve-taf-SU BO a-VIV ve-im-MO
- sentence
ve-taf-SU BO a-VIV ve-im-MO ve-ho-tsi-U o-TO el-zik-NEI i-RO ve-el-SHA-ar me-ko-MO
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav consecutive verb vetaftsu {וְתָ֥פְשׂוּ | wə-ṯā-pə-śū} ‘and they shall seize,’ marking a procedural legal command.
Root and etymology
Roottaw–pe–shin
“to lay hold on”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:19
Then his father and his mother shall seize him and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 21:19, so the Hebrew word וְתָ֥פְשׂוּ (vetafsu) 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.21.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.19.W1.S1) and character.