Deuteronomy 21:4:9Deut.21.4.W9TAB
לֹא־יֵעָבֵ֥ד
loyeavehd
“not plowed”
- Transliteration
- lo-ye-a-VEHD
- Extended
- loh-yeh-ah-VEHD
- IPA
- /lo.jeʕaˈveːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- not plowed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
lo-ye-a-VEHD
- phraseyour reading level
lo-ye-a-VEHD BO
- 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
In that clause, the negatives lo {לֹא־ | lō} and wə-lo {וְלֹ֣א | wə-lō} govern the imperfect passive lo yeaved {לֹא־יֵעָבֵ֥ד | lō yē-ʿă-ḇēd} ‘is not worked’ and the niphal yizara {יִזָּרֵ֑עַ | yiz-za-ṝe-aʿ} ‘is not sown,’ highlighting the land’s untouched state.
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 21:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 21:4, so the Hebrew word לֹא־יֵעָבֵ֥ד (loyeavehd) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.4.W9.S1) and character.