Deuteronomy 21:6:10Deut.21.6.W10TAB
הָעֲרוּפָ֥ה
haarufah
“that was beheaded”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-ru-FAH
- Extended
- hah-ah-ruu-FAH
- IPA
- /ha.ʕăruˈfaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that was beheaded
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-a-ru-FAH
- phraseyour reading level
ha-a-ru-FAH va-NA-khal
- clause
yir-kha-TZU et-ye-DEI-hem al-ha-eg-LAH ha-a-ru-FAH va-NA-khal
- sentence
ve-KOL zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU hak-ke-ro-VIM el-he-kha-LAL yir-kha-TZU et-ye-DEI-hem al-ha-eg-LAH ha-a-ru-FAH va-NA-khal
Exegesis
Finally, the prepositional phrase al ha-eglah haarufah ba-nachal {עַל־הָעֶגְלָה הָעֲרוּפָה בַנָּחַל | ʿal hà-ʿeɡ-lāh hā-ʿă-rû-pâh ba-ná-ḥal} ‘over the neck-broken heifer in the valley’ ties the juridical rite to its setting. The translation moves from Hebrew VSO to English SVO for clarity, with the participial and construct relationships rendered in subordinate modifiers.
Root and etymology
ʿ-r-payin–resh–pe
“neck break”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:6
And all the elders of that city, those nearest to the slain one, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:6:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 21:6, so the Hebrew word הָעֲרוּפָ֥ה (haarufah) 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.21.6.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.6.W10.S1) and character.