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

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Result
רֵ + עֶ֗ + ךָ
re + e + kha
reekha

Alphabet Analysis

Reshr guttural, like the French r
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    re-E-kha

  2. phraseyour reading level

    E-shet re-E-kha

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextExodus 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.