Deuteronomy 23:13:12Deut.23.13.W12TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:14
אֶת־צֵאָתֶךָ׃
ettseotekha
“your excrement”
- Transliteration
- et-tse-o-TE-kha
- Extended
- et-tseh-oh-TEH-kha
- IPA
- /ʔet.tseː.ʔaˈteːxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- your excrement
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-tse-o-TE-kha
- 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
The direct object marker et {אֶת | ʾet} before tzeatekha {צֵאָתֶךָ | ṣē-ʼā-tə-kha} ‘your excrement’ personalizes responsibility and emphasizes the object to be concealed.
Root and etymology
צ־א־ה
“to go out, excrement”
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 23:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 23:13, so the Hebrew word אֶת־צֵאָתֶךָ׃ (ettseotekha) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.13.W12.S1) and character.