Leviticus 19:32:7Lev.19.32.W7TAB
וְיָרֵ֥אתָ
vehyahreta
“fear”
- Transliteration
- veh-yah-RE-ta
- Extended
- veh-yah-REH-tah
- IPA
- /və.ja.ˈreː.taː/
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-RE-ta
- phraseyour reading level
veh-yah-RE-ta meh-eh-lo-HE-kha
- clause
veh-yah-RE-ta meh-eh-lo-HE-kha a-NI Yeh-ho-VAH
- sentence
mip-NEI sey-VAH ta-KOOM veh-hah-dar-TA pe-NEI za-KEN veh-yah-RE-ta meh-eh-lo-HE-kha a-NI Yeh-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The second clause shifts to divine reverence with veyareta {וְיָרֵאתָ | wə-yā-rê-ṯā} plus me-Eloheicha {מֵאֱלֹהֶיךָ | mê-’ĕ-lō-hek-hā}, linking social ethics to covenantal fear of God.
Root and etymology
“to fear, revere”
In context — Leviticus 19:32
You shall stand up before the aged and show honor to the face of the old man. And you shall fear your God . I am the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 19:32, so the Hebrew word וְיָרֵ֥אתָ (vehyahreta) 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.19.32.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.32.W7.S1) and character.