Deuteronomy 24:21:9Deut.24.21.W9TAB
וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖ה
velaalmana
“and for the widow”
- Transliteration
- ve-la-al-ma-NA
- Extended
- veh-lah-ahl-ma-NAH
- IPA
- /vəlaʔalˈmanaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and for the widow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-la-al-ma-NA
- phraseyour reading level
la-ya-TOM ve-la-al-ma-NA
- clause
la-GER la-ya-TOM ve-la-al-ma-NA yih-YE
- sentence
KI tiv-TSOR kar-me-KHA LO te-o-LEL a-cha-RE-kha la-GER la-ya-TOM ve-la-al-ma-NA yih-YE
Exegesis
The prepositional sequence la-ger, la-yatom, ve-la-almanah {לַגֵּר לַיָּת֥וֹם וְלָאַלְמָנָה | la gēr, la yā-tôm, wə-lā-ʾal-ma-nāh} specifies three vulnerable groups as beneficiaries.
Root and etymology
ʼ–l–m–naleph–lamed–mem–nun
“widow”
In context — Deuteronomy 24:21
When you harvest your vineyard, you shall not glean after you; it shall be for the foreigner , for the orphan, and for the widow.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 24:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 24:21, so the Hebrew word וְלָאַלְמָנָ֖ה (velaalmana) 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.24.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.24.21.W9.S1) and character.