Exodus 20:24:9Exod.20.24.W9TAB
וְאֶת־בְּקָרֶ֑ךָ
veetbekarekha
“and your cattle”
- Transliteration
- ve-et-be-ka-RE-kha
- Extended
- veh-eet-beh-kah-REH-khah
- IPA
- /və.ʔet.bə.qaː.ˈrɛ.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and your cattle
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-et-be-ka-RE-kha
- clause
miz-BAKH a-da-MA ta-a-seh-LI ve-za-vakh-TA a-LAV et-o-lo-TEY-kha ve-et-she-la-MEY-kha et-tsohn-KHA ve-et-be-ka-RE-kha
- sentence
miz-BAKH a-da-MA ta-a-seh-LI ve-za-vakh-TA a-LAV et-o-lo-TEY-kha ve-et-she-la-MEY-kha et-tsohn-KHA ve-et-be-ka-RE-kha be-khol-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER az-KIR et-she-MI a-VO e-LE-kha u-ve-rakh-TI-kha
Exegesis
A series of object markers et {אֶת | ʾeṯ} ‘direct object marker’ introduce the cultic offerings: ʿoloteicha {עֹלֹתֶיךָ | ʿō-lō-ṯe-kā} ‘your burnt offerings’, shlameicha {שְׁלָמֶיךָ | šə-lā-mê-kā} ‘your peace offerings’, tsoncha {צֹאנְךָ | ṣōʾn-kā} ‘your flock’, and bekarʾcha {בְּקָרֶךָ | bə-qā-re-kā} ‘your cattle’.
In context — Exodus 20:24
You shall make an earth altar for Me and there sacrifice your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, from your flock and from your cattle; in every place where I cause My name to be commemorated, I will come to you and bless you.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:24:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 20:24, so the Hebrew word וְאֶת־בְּקָרֶ֑ךָ (veetbekarekha) 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.20.24.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.24.W9.S1) and character.