Deuteronomy 22:26:11Deut.22.26.W11TAB
אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ
elreehu
“against his neighbor”
- Transliteration
- el-re-E-hu
- Extended
- EHL-reh-EH-hu
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.reːˈʕeːhu/
Meaning by language
- English
- against his neighbor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-re-E-hu
- sentence
ve-la-na-A-ra LO-ta-a-SEH da-VAR EIN la-na-A-ra KHET MA-vet KI ka-a-SHER ya-KUM el-re-E-hu ur-tsa-KHO NE-fesh KEN ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH
Root and etymology
ר־ע־ה
“friend, neighbor”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:26
But to the young woman you shall do nothing; there is no sin of death in the young woman, for just as when a man rises up against his neighbor and murders him—a life—so is this matter .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:26:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 22:26, so the Hebrew word אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ (elreehu) 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.22.26.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.26.W11.S1) and character.