Deuteronomy 23:9:3Deut.23.9.W3TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:10
עַל־אֹיְבֶיךָ
aloyevekha
“against your enemies”
- Transliteration
- al-o-ye-VE-kha
- Extended
- ahl-oh-yeh-VEH-kha
- IPA
- /ʕal-ʔojˈveːxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- against your enemies
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-o-ye-VE-kha
- sentence
ki-te-TSE ma-kha-NEH al-o-ye-VE-kha ve-nish-MAR-ta mi-KOL da-VAR RA
Exegesis
The noun macheneh {מַחֲנֶה | maḥ·ăn·neh} ‘camp’ enters into a construct relationship with ʿal {עַל | ʿal} ‘against’ and ʾoyvekha {אֹיְבֶיךָ | ʾoy·ve·kāh} ‘your enemies’, specifying the military target.
In context — Deuteronomy 23:9
When your camp goes out to fight your enemies, you must be on guard against everything evil .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 23:9, so the Hebrew word עַל־אֹיְבֶיךָ (aloyevekha) 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.23.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.9.W3.S1) and character.