Deuteronomy 23:20:16Deut.23.20.W16TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:21
לְרִשְׁתָּהּ׃
lerishtah
“to possess it”
- Transliteration
- le-rish-TAH
- Extended
- leh-rish-TAH
- IPA
- /lərʃitˈtaʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to possess it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-rish-TAH
- 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 23:20:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Deuteronomy 23:20, so the Hebrew word לְרִשְׁתָּהּ׃ (lerishtah) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.20.W16.S1) and character.