Deuteronomy 22:8:7Deut.22.8.W7TAB
וְלֹא־תָשִׂ֤ים
velo tasim
“and you shall not place”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO ta-SIM
- Extended
- veh-LOH tah-SEEM
- IPA
- /vəloː.taˈsiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall not place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO ta-SIM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO ta-SIM da-MIM
- clause
ve-LO ta-SIM da-MIM be-vei-TEKHA ki-yi-POL ha-no-FEL mi-me-NU
- sentence
ki-tiv-NEH BA-yit kha-DASH ve-a-SI-ta ma-a-KEH le-ga-GEKHA ve-LO ta-SIM da-MIM be-vei-TEKHA ki-yi-POL ha-no-FEL mi-me-NU
Exegesis
The prohibitive velo-tasim {וְלֹֽא־תָשִׂ֤ים | wə-lō’-tāśîm} ‘and you shall not place’ governs damim {דָּמִים֙ | dāmı̂m} ‘blood(s)’ with the locative beveitekha {בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ | bᵊ-wēyteḵā} ‘in your house’.
In context — Deuteronomy 22:8
When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof so that you will not bring bloodguilt on your house if the falling one should fall from it.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 22:8, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־תָשִׂ֤ים (velo tasim) 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.22.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.8.W7.S1) and character.