Deuteronomy 21:20:10Deut.21.20.W10TAB
בְּקֹלֵ֑נוּ
bekolenu
“to our voice”
- Transliteration
- be-ko-LE-nu
- Extended
- beh-koh-LEH-noo
- IPA
- /bəkoˈleːnuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to our voice
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-ko-LE-nu
- clause
ve-am-RU el-zik-NEI ir-O be-NE-nu ZE so-REIR u-mo-RE ei-NE-nu sho-ME-a be-ko-LE-nu
- sentence
ve-am-RU el-zik-NEI ir-O be-NE-nu ZE so-REIR u-mo-RE ei-NE-nu sho-ME-a be-ko-LE-nu zo-LEL ve-so-VE
Exegesis
The negative existential construction einenenu shomea {אֵינֶנּוּ שֹׁמֵעַ | ʾê-nen-nû šō-mē-ʿa} ‘he does not obey’, with be-koleinu {בְּקֹלֵנוּ | bə-qō-lē-nû} ‘to our voice’, charges ongoing insubordination.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:20
And they shall say to the elders of his city, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He does not obey our voice . He is a glutton and a drunkard.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 21:20, so the Hebrew word בְּקֹלֵ֑נוּ (bekolenu) 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.21.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.20.W10.S1) and character.