תַחְמֹ֖ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תַחְמֹ֖ד

   takh-MOD

   covet
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ד

   LO takh-MOD

   not covet
3. clause🔊 לֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ד בֵּ֣ית רֵעֶ֑ךָ

   LO takh-MOD BEIT re-E-kha

   not covet house of your neighbor
4. sentence🔊 לֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ד בֵּ֣ית רֵעֶ֑ךָ לֹֽא־תַחְמֹ֞ד אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֶ֗ךָ וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ֙ וְשׁוֹר֣וֹ וַחֲמֹר֔וֹ וְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְרֵעֶֽךָ׃

   LO takh-MOD BEIT re-E-kha lo-takh-MOD E-shet re-E-kha ve-av-DO va-a-ma-TO ve-sho-RO va-kha-mo-RO ve-KHOL a-SHER le-re-E-kha

   not covet house of your neighbor do not covet wife of your neighbor and his male servant and his female servant and his ox and his donkey and all that to your neighbor

Exegesis

The verse presents a single apodictic prohibition marked by lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ followed by the imperfect of tachmod {תַחְמֹד | taḥ-mōḏ} ‘to covet,’ indicating an ongoing injunction.

Root and etymology

ḥ-m-d🔊 ח־מ־דheth–mem–dalet

“to desire, take pleasure in”

• 🔊 חֶמְדָּהchemdahprecious thingPsalm 19:11