Exodus 13:16:4Exod.13.16.W4TAB
וּלְטוֹטָפֹ֖ת
uletotafot
“and as frontlets”
- Transliteration
- u-le-to-ta-FOT
- Extended
- oo-leh-toh-tah-FOHT
- IPA
- /u.lə.toː.ta.ˈfoːθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and as frontlets
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
u-le-to-ta-FOT
- clause
ve-ha-YA le-OT al-yad-KHA u-le-to-ta-FOT BEIN ei-NE-kha
- sentence
ve-ha-YA le-OT al-yad-KHA u-le-to-ta-FOT BEIN ei-NE-kha KI be-KHO-zek YAD ho-tsi-A-nu Ye-ho-VAH mi-mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
Parallel u-lə-totafot bein einekha {וּלְטוֹטָפֹ֖ת בֵּ֣ין עֵינֶ֑יךָ | û-lə-ṭô-ṭā-pôṯ bēn ʿê-nê-khā} ‘and for frontlets between your eyes’ further emphasizes visible devotion.
In context — Exodus 13:16
And it shall be for a sign upon your hand and for frontlets between your eyes, because by a mighty hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt .
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 13:16, so the Hebrew word וּלְטוֹטָפֹ֖ת (uletotafot) 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 Exod.13.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.16.W4.S1) and character.