Deuteronomy 21:2:3Deut.21.2.W3TAB
וְשֹׁפְטֶ֑יךָ
veshoftekha
“and your judges”
- Transliteration
- ve-shof-TE-kha
- Extended
- veh-shohf-TEH-kha
- IPA
- /vəʃofˈteːxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- and your judges
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shof-TE-kha
- clause
ve-yats-U ze-ke-NE-kha ve-shof-TE-kha
- sentence
ve-yats-U ze-ke-NE-kha ve-shof-TE-kha u-mad-DE-du el-he-a-RIM a-SHER se-vi-VOT he-kha-LAL
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav consecutive Qal imperfect veyatseq’u {וְיָצְאוּ | wə-yaṣ-’û} ‘and they shall go out’ followed by the coordinated construct subjects zekenekha {זְקֵנֶיךָ | zə-ḳē-nê-khā} ‘your elders’ and veshoftekha {וְשֹׁפְטֶיךָ | wə-šō-p̄ê-ṯê-khā} ‘your judges’, indicating communal leadership action.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:2
Then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities surrounding the slain .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 21:2, so the Hebrew word וְשֹׁפְטֶ֑יךָ (veshoftekha) 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.21.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.2.W3.S1) and character.