Deuteronomy 23:13:10Deut.23.13.W10TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:14
וְשַׁבְתָּ
veshavta
“and turn back”
- Transliteration
- ve-shav-TA
- Extended
- veh-shav-TAH
- IPA
- /vəʃavˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and turn back
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-shav-TA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YA be-shiv-te-KHA KHUTS ve-kha-FAR-ta BAH ve-shav-TA ve-ki-SI-ta et-tse-o-TE-kha
- clause
al-a-ze-NE-kha ve-ha-YA be-shiv-te-KHA KHUTS ve-kha-FAR-ta BAH ve-shav-TA ve-ki-SI-ta et-tse-o-TE-kha
- sentence
ve-ya-TED ti-hyeh le-KHA al-a-ze-NE-kha ve-ha-YA be-shiv-te-KHA KHUTS ve-kha-FAR-ta BAH ve-shav-TA ve-ki-SI-ta et-tse-o-TE-kha
Exegesis
Each directive vechafarta {וְחָפַרְתָּ | və-ḥā-par-tā} ‘you shall dig’, veshavta {וְשַׁבְתָּ | və-šaḇ-tā} ‘you shall turn’, and vekisita {וְכִסִּיתָ | və-ki-sī-tā} ‘you shall cover’ is introduced by a vav-consecutive perfect, establishing strict sequence.
In context — Deuteronomy 23:13
And you shall have a peg among your equipment, and when you go outside to sit, you shall dig with it, turn back, and cover your excrement .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:13:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 23:13, so the Hebrew word וְשַׁבְתָּ (veshavta) 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.23.13.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.13.W10.S1) and character.