Deuteronomy 23:13:4Deut.23.13.W4TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:14
עַל־אֲזֵנֶ֖יךָ
alazenekha
“upon your weapon”
- Transliteration
- al-a-ze-NE-kha
- Extended
- ahl-a-zeh-NEH-kha
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʔa.zɛˈneːxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon your weapon
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-a-ze-NE-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 noun veyated {וְיָתֵד | və-yā-ṯêḏ} ‘peg’ is governed by the preposition al {עַל | ʻal}, marking its placement among azeneikha {אֲזֵנֶיךָ | ʼă-zē-nê-kha} ‘equipment’.
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 23:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 23:13, so the Hebrew word עַל־אֲזֵנֶ֖יךָ (alazenekha) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.13.W4.S1) and character.