Deuteronomy 22:29:15Deut.22.29.W15TAB
שַׁלְּחָהּ
shallekhah
“send her away”
- Transliteration
- shal-le-KHAH
- Extended
- shahl-leh-KHAH
- IPA
- /ʃal.ləˈħaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- send her away
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
shal-le-KHAH
- sentence
ve-na-TAN ha-ISH ha-sho-KEV im-MAH la-a-VI ha-na-a-RA kha-mi-SHIM KE-sef ve-LO-TI-he-yeh le-i-SHA TA-khat a-SHER in-NAH LO-YU-khal shal-le-KHAH KOL-YA-mav
Exegesis
Finally, the perpetual prohibition lo-yukhal shallehah kolyamav {לֹא־יוּכַל שַׁלְּחָהּ כָּל־יָמָֽיו | lō-yū-ḵal šal-le-ḥāh kol-yā-māw} is rendered as an enduring bar on divorce.
Root and etymology
shin–lamed–chetshin–lamed–chet
“to send away”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:29
And the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the young woman fifty pieces of silver , and she shall be his wife because he violated her ; he shall not be able to send her away all his days.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:29:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Deuteronomy 22:29, so the Hebrew word שַׁלְּחָהּ (shallekhah) 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.22.29.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.29.W15.S1) and character.