Leviticus 19:14:8Lev.19.14.W8TAB
וְיָרֵ֥אתָ
vehyahrehtah
“fear”
- Transliteration
- veh-yah-REH-tah
- Extended
- veh-yah-REH-tah
- IPA
- /vɛjaˈreːta/
Meaning by language
- English
- fear
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-yah-REH-tah
- phraseyour reading level
veh-yah-REH-tah meh-eh-loh-HEE-kha
- clause
veh-yah-REH-tah meh-eh-loh-HEE-kha a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
loh-teh-kal-LEL khe-RESH veh-lif-NEE i-VER LO tih-TEN mikh-SHOL veh-yah-REH-tah meh-eh-loh-HEE-kha a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The sequence culminates in ve-yareta {וְיָרֵ֥אתָ | wə-yā-rē-ṭā} ‘and you shall fear’, using a perfect tense to indicate a settled ethical stance, which is then anchored by the inclusio ani YHWH {אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה | ʾănî Yəhōwāh} ‘I am the LORD’, framing the command within divine authority and reinforcing covenantal accountability.
Root and etymology
י־ר־א
“to fear”
In context — Leviticus 19:14
You shall not curse the deaf nor place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God ; I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 19:14, so the Hebrew word וְיָרֵ֥אתָ (vehyahrehtah) 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 Lev.19.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.14.W8.S1) and character.