Deuteronomy 21:4:13Deut.21.4.W13TAB
וְעָֽרְפוּ־שָׁ֥ם
veorfusham
“and they shall break...there”
- Transliteration
- ve-or-FU-sham
- Extended
- veh-or-FOO-SHAHM
- IPA
- /vəʕorˈfuː.ʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they shall break...there
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-or-FU-sham
- phraseyour reading level
ve-or-FU-sham ET-ha-eg-LAH
- clause
ve-or-FU-sham ET-ha-eg-LAH ba-NA-khal
- sentence
ve-ho-REE-du zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU ET-ha-eg-LAH el-NA-khal ei-TAN a-SHER lo-ye-a-VEHD BO ve-LO yiz-za-RE-a ve-or-FU-sham ET-ha-eg-LAH ba-NA-khal
Exegesis
The narrative resumes with wə-ʿarpû {וְעָֽרְפוּ־ | wə-ʿăr-pû} ‘and they shall break,’ followed by šām {שָׁ֥ם | šām} ‘there,’ et- haʿeglah, and the locative ba-nachal {בַּנָּֽחַל׃ | ba-nā-ḥal} ‘in the valley.’ English rendering preserves the Hebraic sequence of command, setting, and ritual act while reflecting the consecutive vav and relativization.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:4
Then the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water , a place that has neither been tilled nor sown; and there in the valley they shall break the heifer’s neck.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:4:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Deuteronomy 21:4, so the Hebrew word וְעָֽרְפוּ־שָׁ֥ם (veorfusham) 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.21.4.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.4.W13.S1) and character.