Deuteronomy 23:10:5Deut.23.10.W5TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:11
מִקְּרֵה־לָיְלָה
mikreylaila
“because of a night occurrence”
- Transliteration
- mik-REY-LAI-la
- Extended
- mik-keh-REH-LAI-lah
- IPA
- /mikˈkɛrɛː.lajˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of a night occurrence
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mik-REY-LAI-la
- sentence
ki-ye-HYEH-ve-KHA EESH a-SHER LO-ye-HYEH-ta-HOR mik-REY-LAI-la ve-ya-TSA el-mik-HUTS la-ma-KHA-ne ve-LO ya-VO el-TOKH ha-ma-KHA-ne
Exegesis
The relative clause asher lo yihyeh tahor {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יִהְיֶה טָהוֹר | ʾăšer lōʾ yihyēh ṭāhôr} describes ritual impurity resulting from the construct phrase miqre laylah {מִקְּרֵה־לַיְלָה | miqre laylāh}, a euphemism for nocturnal emission.
Root and etymology
q-r-hqof–resh–he
“to happen, occur, chance”
In context — Deuteronomy 23:10
If there is among you a man who is not clean because of a nocturnal occurrence , then he shall go out to the outside of the camp; he shall not enter into the midst of the camp.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 23:10, so the Hebrew word מִקְּרֵה־לָיְלָה (mikreylaila) 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.23.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.10.W5.S1) and character.