Deuteronomy 22:18:5Deut.22.18.W5TAB
וְיִסְּרוּ֥
veyisroo
“and punish”
- Transliteration
- ve-yis-ROO
- Extended
- veh-yis-ROO
- IPA
- /vəjisˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and punish
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-yis-ROO
- clause
ve-yis-ROO o-TO
- sentence
ve-lak-KHU zik-NEI ha-IR ha-HU ve-yis-ROO o-TO
Exegesis
The verse employs vav consecutive verbs, velaqqhu {וְלָֽקְחוּ | wə-lā-qaḥ-ū} ‘and they shall take’ and veyisseru {וְיִסְּרוּ | wə-yi-sə-rû} ‘and they shall discipline,’ marking sequential legal instructions.
Root and etymology
y-s-ryod–samekh–resh
“to discipline, chasten”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:18
The elders of that city shall take the man and whip him.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 22:18, so the Hebrew word וְיִסְּרוּ֥ (veyisroo) 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.22.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.18.W5.S1) and character.