Exodus 20:17:7Exod.20.17.W7TAB
רֵעֶ֗ךָ
reekha
“your neighbor”
- Transliteration
- re-E-kha
- Extended
- reh-EH-khah
- IPA
- /reː.ˈʕɛ.xa/
Meaning by language
- English
- your neighbor
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
re-E-kha
- phraseyour reading level
E-shet re-E-kha
- clause
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
- sentence
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
Exegesis
In the first clause, beit re’ekha {בֵּית רֵעֶךָ | bêt rē-ʿe-kā} functions as a construct phrase ‘house of your neighbor.’
The formula repeats in the second clause, expanding into a paratactic list introduced by the prefixed conjunction waw {וְ | wə-}, enumerating eshet re’ekha {אֵשֶׁת רֵעֶךָ | ʾē-šeṯ rē-ʿe-kā}, ve-avdo {וְעַבְדּוֹ | wə-ʿaḇ-dô}, va-amato {וַאֲמָתוֹ | wa-ʾă-mā-tô}, ve-shoro {וְשׁוֹרוֹ | wə-šō-rô}, and va-chamoro {וַחֲמֹרוֹ | wa-ḥă-mō-rô}.
In context — Exodus 20:17
You shall not covet the house of your neighbor ; you shall not covet the wife of your neighbor, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 20:17, so the Hebrew word רֵעֶ֗ךָ (reekha) 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.20.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.17.W7.S1) and character.