Deuteronomy 23:4:8Deut.23.4.W8TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:5

בְּצֵאתְכֶ֣ם

betsetekhem

when you came out

Transliteration
be-tse-TE-khem
Extended
beh-tseh-TEH-khem
IPA
/bətsɛtˈxɛm/

Meaning by language

English
when you came out

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Result
בְּ + צֵא + תְ + כֶ֣ם
be + tse + te + khem
betsetekhem

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tsadets as in cats
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tavt as in top
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-tse-TE-khem

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-tse-TE-khem mi-mits-RA-yim va-yas-KIR a-LEI-kha

  3. 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

Batzetkhem {בְּצֵאתְכֶם | beṣēʼēṯkhēm} ‘when you came out’ with mimmitsrayim {מִמִּצְרַיִם | mimmitsrāyim} ‘from Egypt’ frames the temporal‐locative setting.

In contextDeuteronomy 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 23:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 23:4, so the Hebrew word בְּצֵאתְכֶ֣ם (betsetekhem) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.4.W8.S1) and character.