Deuteronomy 22:26:12Deut.22.26.W12TAB
וּרְצָחוֹ
urtsakho
“and kills him”
- Transliteration
- ur-tsa-KHO
- Extended
- oor-tse-kho
- IPA
- /ur.tsɑˈxoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and kills him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
ur-tsa-KHO
- 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
Exegesis
The verb pair yakum...urtsaho {יָק֨וּם ... וּרְצָח֣וֹ | yā-qûm ... ū-rə-ṣā-ḥō} ‘rises up...and murders him’ expresses calculated violence.
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 22:26:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 22:26, so the Hebrew word וּרְצָחוֹ (urtsakho) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.26.W12.S1) and character.