Deuteronomy 23:21:6Deut.23.21.W6TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:22
תְאַחֵ֔ר
teakher
“delay”
- Transliteration
- te-a-KHER
- Extended
- teh-ah-KHEHR
- IPA
- /tə.ʔaˈxeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- delay
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
te-a-KHER
- phraseyour reading level
LO te-a-KHER
- 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
The prohibition lō teʾaḥēr {לֹא תְאַחֵר | lō teʾaḥēr} ‘do not delay’ employs the Piel imperfect to intensify the command, and the Piel infinitive construct lə-šal·lêmô {לְשַׁלְּמוֹ | lə-šal·lêmô} ‘to pay it’ highlights the purposeful fulfillment.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–chet
“brother”
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 23:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 23:21, so the Hebrew word תְאַחֵ֔ר (teakher) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.21.W6.S1) and character.