Deuteronomy 21:4:5Deut.21.4.W5TAB
אֶת־הָֽעֶגְלָה֙
ethaeglah
“the heifer”
- Transliteration
- ET-ha-eg-LAH
- Extended
- EET-hah-ehg-LAH
- IPA
- /ʔeːt.haʕeɡˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the heifer
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-ha-eg-LAH
- phraseyour reading level
zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU ET-ha-eg-LAH
- clause
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
- 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 direct object marker et- {אֶת־ | ʾet} introduces haʿeglah {הָעֶגְלָה֙ | hā-ʿeḡ·lāh} ‘the heifer.’
Root and etymology
ʿ-g-layin–gimel–lamed
“young cow”
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 21:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 21:4, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָֽעֶגְלָה֙ (ethaeglah) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.4.W5.S1) and character.