Deuteronomy 24:4:2Deut.24.4.W2TAB
בַּעְלָ֣הּ
baala
“her husband”
- Transliteration
- ba-A-la
- Extended
- bah-AH-lah
- IPA
- /baʕˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- her husband
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ba-A-la
- phraseyour reading level
LO-yu-KHAL ba-A-la ha-ri-SHON a-SHER-shil-KHA
- clause
LO-yu-KHAL ba-A-la ha-ri-SHON a-SHER-shil-KHA la-SHUV le-kakh-TA lih-YOT LO le-i-SHA a-kha-REI a-SHER hu-ta-ma ki-to-e-VA HU lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
LO-yu-KHAL ba-A-la ha-ri-SHON a-SHER-shil-KHA la-SHUV le-kakh-TA lih-YOT LO le-i-SHA a-kha-REI a-SHER hu-ta-ma ki-to-e-VA HU lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH ve-LO ta-kha-TI et-ha-A-retz a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA na-kha-LA
Exegesis
The noun phrase ba‘alah harishon asher shillechah {בַּעְלָהּ הָרִאשׁ֣וֹן אֲשֶֽׁר־שִׁלְּחָהּ | ba-‘ă-lāh hā-ri-’šōn ’ă-šer šil-lə-ḥāh} ‘her first husband who sent her away’ uses the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ’ă-šer} to link harishon {הָרִאשׁ֣וֹן | hā-ri-’šōn} ‘the first’ to shillechah {שִׁלְּחָהּ | šil-lə-ḥāh} ‘sent her away.’
Root and etymology
RootBet–Ayin–Lamed
“to possess”
In context — Deuteronomy 24:4
Her first husband, who sent her away , is not permitted to take her back as his wife after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination before the LORD . You shall not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as your inheritance.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 24:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 24:4, so the Hebrew word בַּעְלָ֣הּ (baala) 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.24.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.24.4.W2.S1) and character.