Leviticus 19:30:4Lev.19.30.W4TAB
תִּירָ֑אוּ
teeraoo
“revere”
- Transliteration
- tee-RA-oo
- Extended
- tee-RAA-oo
- IPA
- /tiː.ˈraː.ʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- revere
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tee-RA-oo
- clause
et-shab-beh-TOH-tai tish-MO-ru oo-mik-da-SHI tee-RA-oo
- sentence
et-shab-beh-TOH-tai tish-MO-ru oo-mik-da-SHI tee-RA-oo a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
Sequentially, the vav-conjunction u-mikdashi {וּמִקְדָּשִׁי | wə-mik-dā-šî} ‘and my sanctuary’ is paired with the parallel imperative tira’u {תִּירָאוּ | tī-rā-ʼū} ‘you shall fear’, creating synonymous parallelism.
Root and etymology
י־ר־א
“to fear”
In context — Leviticus 19:30
You shall keep my Sabbaths and revere my sanctuary; I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 19:30, so the Hebrew word תִּירָ֑אוּ (teeraoo) 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.19.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.30.W4.S1) and character.