Deuteronomy 21:19:9Deut.21.19.W9TAB

וְאֶל־שַׁ֥עַר

veelshaar

and to the gate

Transliteration
ve-el-SHA-ar
Extended
veh-el-SHA-ahr
IPA
/və.ʔelˈʃaʕar/

Meaning by language

English
and to the gate

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + אֶל + שַׁ֥ + עַר
ve + el + sha + ar
veelshaar

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-el-SHA-ar

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-el-SHA-ar me-ko-MO

  3. clause

    ve-ho-tsi-U o-TO el-zik-NEI i-RO ve-el-SHA-ar me-ko-MO

  4. 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 compound ve-el-shaʿar mekomo {וְאֶל־שַׁעַר מְקֹמוֹ | wə-ʾel-sha-ʿar mə-qō-mō} ‘and to the gate of his place’ specifies the public judicial venue, combining gate as an open forum and place as the communal center. The Hebrew S–V–O–PP–PP structure enforces a clear sequence of agents, actions, and locations, which is preserved in English through coordinated conjunctions and prepositional phrases.

Root and etymology

Rootshin–ayin–resh

opening

In contextDeuteronomy 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 21:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 21:19, so the Hebrew word וְאֶל־שַׁ֥עַר (veelshaar) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.19.W9.S1) and character.