Deuteronomy 22:29:9Deut.22.29.W9TAB
וְלוֹ־תִהְיֶה
velotiheyeh
“and she shall be to him”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-TI-he-yeh
- Extended
- veh-LOH-TIH-heh-YEH
- IPA
- /vəloː.tiˈhje/
Meaning by language
- English
- and she shall be to him
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-TI-he-yeh
- 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
The result clause velotihyeh le’ishah {וְלֽוֹ־תִהְיֶה לְאִשָּׁה | wə-lō-tî-hyēh lə-’îš-šāh} creates a binding marital status, and the causal takhat asher {תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר | ṯa-ḥat ’ă-šer} links it to the violation.
Root and etymology
ה־י־ה
“to become, be”
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 22:29:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 22:29, so the Hebrew word וְלוֹ־תִהְיֶה (velotiheyeh) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.29.W9.S1) and character.