Deuteronomy 23:3:4Deut.23.3.W4TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:4
בִּקְהַל
bikkhal
“in the assembly”
- Transliteration
- bik-KHAL
- Extended
- bihk-KHAHL
- IPA
- /bikˈħal/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the assembly
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
bik-KHAL
- sentence
lo-ya-VO am-mo-NEE u-mo-a-VE bik-KHAL Ye-ho-VAH GAM DOR a-si-REE lo-ya-VO la-HEM bik-KHAL Ye-ho-VAH ad-o-LAM
Exegesis
The gentilic nouns Ammoni {עַמּוֹנִי | ʿammônî} ‘Ammonite’ and uMoavi {וּמוֹאָבִי | ū-môʾāvî} ‘and Moabite’ function as objects governed by the prepositional phrase biqhal YHWH {בִּקְּהַל יְהוָה | biqqāhal Yəhōwāh} ‘in the assembly of the LORD’.
Root and etymology
q-h-lqof–heh–lamed
“to assemble”
In context — Deuteronomy 23:3
No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the LORD ; even to the tenth generation none of them may ever enter the assembly of the LORD.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 23:3, so the Hebrew word בִּקְהַל (bikkhal) 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.23.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.3.W4.S1) and character.