Leviticus 25:46:10Lev.25.46.W10TAB
וּבְאַ֨חֵיכֶ֤ם
uveakhekhem
“and over your brothers”
- Transliteration
- u-ve-a-KHE-khem
- Extended
- oo-veh-ah-KHEH-khem
- IPA
- /uvəʔaˈxeːxem/
Meaning by language
- English
- and over your brothers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-ve-a-KHE-khem
- phraseyour reading level
u-ve-a-KHE-khem be-NEE-YIS-ra-EL
- clause
u-ve-a-KHE-khem be-NEE-YIS-ra-EL ISH be-a-KHI-v LO-tir-DEH VO be-FA-rekh
- sentence
ve-hit-na-khal-TEM o-TAM liv-ne-KHEM a-kha-RE-khem la-RE-shet a-khoo-ZAH le-o-LAM ba-HEM ta-a-vo-DU u-ve-a-KHE-khem be-NEE-YIS-ra-EL ISH be-a-KHI-v LO-tir-DEH VO be-FA-rekh
Exegesis
A contrasting clause begins with the conjunction u {וּ | u-} ‘and/but’ and the prepositional phrase uveacheichem bneiYisrael {וּבְאַחֵיכֶם בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל | u-və-ʾă-ḥê-khem bə-nê-yis-rā-ʾēl} ‘and with your brothers, the sons of Israel’, setting up the prohibition.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-chet
“brother”
In context — Leviticus 25:46
And you shall give them as an inheritance to your children after you, making them a permanent possession, and you shall set them to work; but with your fellow Israelites you shall not rule over any one with harshness.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 25:46:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 25:46, so the Hebrew word וּבְאַ֨חֵיכֶ֤ם (uveakhekhem) 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.25.46.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.46.W10.S1) and character.