Deuteronomy 24:13:12Deut.24.13.W12TAB
צְדָקָ֔ה
tsedaka
“righteousness”
- Transliteration
- tse-da-KA
- Extended
- tseh-dah-KAH
- IPA
- /tsədaˈkaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- righteousness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tse-da-KA
- phraseyour reading level
tih-YE tse-da-KA
- clause
u-le-KHA tih-YE tse-da-KA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
ha-SHEV ta-SHIV LO ET-ha-a-VOT ke-VO ha-SHE-mesh ve-sha-KHAV be-sal-ma-TO u-ve-ra-KHE-kha u-le-KHA tih-YE tse-da-KA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The clause u-lekha tihiyeh tzedakah {וּלְךָ תִּהְיֶה צְדָקָה | wə-le-kā tî-hyê ṣə-ḏā-qā} ‘and for you it shall be righteousness’ links human action to covenant standing, and the phrase lifnei YHWH Eloheikha {לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | lif-nê Yəhōwāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-ḵā} ‘before the LORD your God’ emphasizes divine accountability. The Hebrew repetition and vav-chaining stress obligation and blessing while the English sequence preserves this rhetorical flow.
Root and etymology
Rootts–d–q
“righteousness, justice”
In context — Deuteronomy 24:13
You must surely return the pledge to him at sunset so that he may lie down in his garment and bless you, and that will count as righteousness for you before the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 24:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 24:13, so the Hebrew word צְדָקָ֔ה (tsedaka) 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.24.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.24.13.W12.S1) and character.