Deuteronomy 23:4:3Deut.23.4.W3TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:5
לֹא־קִדְּמוּ
lokidmu
“they did not meet”
- Transliteration
- lo-kid-MU
- Extended
- loh-kid-MOO
- IPA
- /loː.qidˈmuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they did not meet
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
lo-kid-MU
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lo-kid-MU et-KHEM
- sentence
al-de-VAR a-SHER lo-kid-MU et-KHEM ba-LE-khem u-va-MA-yim ba-DE-rekh be-tse-TE-khem mi-mits-RA-yim va-yas-KIR a-LEI-kha et-bil-AM ben-be-OR mip-TOR a-RAM na-ha-RA-yim le-ka-LEL-kha
Exegesis
A relative clause with asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} and the negated Piel verb kidmu {קִדְּמוּ | qiddəmū} ‘they went ahead to meet you’ emphasizes unmet hospitality.
In context — Deuteronomy 23:4
On account of the matter that they did not come to meet you with bread and with water on the journey when you came out from Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam , son of Beor from Pethor in Aram Naharayim, to curse you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 23:4, so the Hebrew word לֹא־קִדְּמוּ (lokidmu) 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.23.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.4.W3.S1) and character.