Deuteronomy 23:20:15Deut.23.20.W15TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:21
בָּא־שָׁמָּה
bashama
“are coming there”
- Transliteration
- ba-SHA-ma
- Extended
- baa-SHAH-mah
- IPA
- /baː.ʃaˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- are coming there
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-SHA-ma
- sentence
la-nokh-RI ta-SHIKH ve-le-a-KHI-kha LO ta-SHIKH le-MA-an ye-va-re-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha be-KHOL mish-la-KHAT ya-DE-kha al-ha-A-retz a-SHER-a-TA ba-SHA-ma le-rish-TAH
Exegesis
The relative clause asheratah bashamah {אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה בָּא־שָׁמָּה | ’ă·šer·’ăṯ·tā bā·šā·mā} ‘which you are entering there’ culminates in the infinitive construct lerishtah {לְרִשְׁתָּהּ | lə·riš·tāh} ‘to possess it,’ underscoring the imminent acquisition of the promised inheritance.
In context — Deuteronomy 23:20
You may lend to a foreigner at interest, but you shall not lend to your brother at interest, so that the LORD your God may bless you in every undertaking of your hand in the land you are entering to possess.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:20:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Deuteronomy 23:20, so the Hebrew word בָּא־שָׁמָּה (bashama) 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.23.20.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.20.W15.S1) and character.