Deuteronomy 22:5:1Deut.22.5.W1TAB
לֹא־יִהְיֶה
loyiheyeh
“There shall not be”
- Transliteration
- lo-yi-he-YEH
- Extended
- LOH-yee-heh-YEH
- IPA
- /loː.jihˈje/
Meaning by language
- English
- There shall not be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
lo-yi-he-YEH
- phraseyour reading level
lo-yi-he-YEH ke-LEE-GE-ver al-i-SHAH ve-LO-yi-lBASH GE-ver SIM-lat-i-SHAH KI
- sentence
lo-yi-he-YEH ke-LEE-GE-ver al-i-SHAH ve-LO-yi-lBASH GE-ver SIM-lat-i-SHAH KI to-a-VAT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha KOL-o-SEI-e-LEH
Exegesis
The two prohibitions are framed by the negative particle lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’ with the Qal imperfects yihyeh {יִהְיֶ֤ה | yiḥyēh} ‘it shall be’ and yilbash {יִלְבַּ֥שׁ | yilbaš} ‘he shall wear’, marking timeless prohibitions.
Root and etymology
ה־י־ה
“to become, be”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:5
A woman must not carry a man’s item on her, and a man must not put on a woman’s garment, for everyone who does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 22:5, so the Hebrew word לֹא־יִהְיֶה (loyiheyeh) 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.22.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.5.W1.S1) and character.