Deuteronomy 23:21:10Deut.23.21.W10TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:22
יִדְרְשֶׁ֛נּוּ
yidreshenu
“he will require it”
- Transliteration
- yid-re-SHE-nu
- Extended
- yid-reh-SHEH-nu
- IPA
- /jid.rəˈʃenːu/
Meaning by language
- English
- he will require it
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yid-re-SHE-nu
- phraseyour reading level
da-ROSH yid-re-SHE-nu
- clause
LO te-a-KHER le-shal-MO KI da-ROSH yid-re-SHE-nu Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha me-im-MAKH
- sentence
ki-ti-DOR NE-der la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha LO te-a-KHER le-shal-MO KI da-ROSH yid-re-SHE-nu Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha me-im-MAKH ve-ha-YA ve-KHA KHEt
Exegesis
In the emphatic causative clause kî-dārôš yidrǎšennu YHWH ʾĕ-lō-hî-kha {כִּי־דָרֹשׁ יִדְרְשֶׁנּוּ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | kî-dā-rôš yidrǎšennu Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hî-kha}, the infinitive absolute dārôš {דָרֹשׁ | dā-rôš} ‘to seek’ paired with the Qal imperfect yidrǎšennu ‘he will seek it’ underlines God’s assured demand.
Root and etymology
ד־ר־ש
“to seek, demand”
In context — Deuteronomy 23:21
When you make a vow to the LORD your God , you must not be slow to fulfill it , for the LORD your God will surely demand it from you, and it will be sin in you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 23:21, so the Hebrew word יִדְרְשֶׁ֛נּוּ (yidreshenu) 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.23.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.21.W10.S1) and character.