Deuteronomy 23:14:17Deut.23.14.W17TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:15
וְשָׁ֑ב
veshav
“and turn away”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHAV
- Extended
- veh-SHAAV
- IPA
- /vəˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and turn away
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
ve-SHAV
- 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 consequence clause veshav me-acharecha {וְשָׁב מֵאַחֲרֶיךָ | wə-šāḇ mē-ʾă-ḥă-re-ḵā} ‘and he will turn away from after you’ reinforces covenantal purity as vital for sustained divine presence.
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 23:14:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Deuteronomy 23:14, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁ֑ב (veshav) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.14.W17.S1) and character.