Leviticus 20:24:4Lev.20.24.W4TAB

תִּֽירְשׁ֣וּ

teershoo

“shall inherit”

Transliteration: teer-SHOO
Extended: teer-SHOO
IPA: /tiːrˈʃuː/

Meaning by language

English: shall inherit

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

תִּֽירְ + שׁ֣וּ

↓

teer + shoo

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teershoo

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
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Shin	shin with right dot; sin with left dot
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
teer-SHOO
phraseyour reading level
teer-SHOO et-ad-ma-TAM
clause
va-o-MAR la-KHEM AT-tem teer-SHOO et-ad-ma-TAM va-a-NI et-ne-NAH la-KHEM la-RE-shet o-TAH E-rets za-VAT kha-LAV u-DVASH
sentence
va-o-MAR la-KHEM AT-tem teer-SHOO et-ad-ma-TAM va-a-NI et-ne-NAH la-KHEM la-RE-shet o-TAH E-rets za-VAT kha-LAV u-DVASH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAY-khem a-SHER-hiv-DAL-ti et-KHEM min-ha-a-MEEM

Exegesis

The imperfect verb tirshu {תִּֽירְשׁ֣וּ | tir-šû} ‘you shall inherit’ and the cohortative ettennah {אֶתְּנֶ֤נָּה | ʾet-tə-nā(h)} ‘I will give (it)’ form a parallel construction emphasizing divine grant and human reception.

Root and etymology

y-r-š

“to possess, inherit”

In context — Leviticus 20:24

But I said to you, "You will inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God , who has set you apart from the nations."

About this coordinate

Leviticus 20:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 20:24, so the Hebrew word תִּֽירְשׁ֣וּ (teershoo) 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.20.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.24.W4.S1) and character.

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