Exodus 23:9:3Exod.23.9.W3TAB
תִלְחָ֑ץ
tilkhats
“oppress”
- Transliteration
- til-KHATS
- Extended
- til-KHAATS
- IPA
- /θil.ˈħaːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- oppress
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
til-KHATS
- phraseyour reading level
LO til-KHATS
- clause
ve-GER LO til-KHATS
- sentence
ve-GER LO til-KHATS ve-at-TEM ye-da-TEM et-NE-fesh ha-GER ki-ge-RIM he-yi-TEM be-E-rets mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The prohibitive force is conveyed by lo {לֹ֣א | lō} immediately prefacing the Qal imperfect tilchats {תִלְחָץ | til-ḥāṣ}, yielding a direct command.
In context — Exodus 23:9
You shall not oppress the foreigner, for you know the soul of the foreigner and you yourselves were strangers in the land .
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 23:9, so the Hebrew word תִלְחָ֑ץ (tilkhats) 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.23.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.9.W3.S1) and character.