Deuteronomy 23:14:15Deut.23.14.W15TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:15

עֶרְוַ֥ת

ervat

“anything indecent”

Transliteration: er-VAT
Extended: ehr-VAHT
IPA: /ʕɛrˈvat/

Meaning by language

English: anything indecent

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

עֶרְ + וַ֥ת

↓

er + vat

↓

ervat

Alphabet Analysis

	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Resh	r guttural, like the French r
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Tav	t as in top

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
er-VAT
phraseyour reading level
ve-LO-YIR-eh be-KHA er-VAT da-VAR
clause
ve-LO-YIR-eh be-KHA er-VAT da-VAR ve-SHAV
sentence
ki-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha mit-ha-LEKH be-KE-rev ma-kha-ne-KHA le-hat-TsIL-kha ve-la-TET oy-ve-KHA le-fa-NE-kha ve-ha-YA ma-kha-ne-KHA ka-DOSH ve-LO-YIR-eh be-KHA er-VAT da-VAR ve-SHAV me-a-ha-re-KHA

Exegesis

The negative clause velo yireh becha ervat davar {וְלֹא יִרְאֶה בְךָ עֶרְוַת דָּבָר | wə-lōʾ yir-ʾāh bə-ḵā ʿer-wāṯ dā-ḇār} ‘and he will not see among you nakedness of a thing’ prohibits indecency.

In context — Deuteronomy 23:14

For the LORD your God moves about in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to give your enemies before you. Therefore, your camp must be holy , so that He will not see among you any nakedness of a thing and turn away from after you.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 23:14:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Deuteronomy 23:14, so the Hebrew word עֶרְוַ֥ת (ervat) 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.23.14.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.14.W15.S1) and character.

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