Malachi 2:7:4Mal.2.7.W4TAB
וְתוֹרָ֖ה
vetora
“and instruction or law”
- Transliteration
- ve-to-RA
- Extended
- veh-toh-RAA
- IPA
- /vətoːˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and instruction or law
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-to-RA
- clause
ki-sif-TEI kho-HEN yish-me-RU-da-AT ve-to-RA ye-vak-SHU mi-pi-HU
- sentence
ki-sif-TEI kho-HEN yish-me-RU-da-AT ve-to-RA ye-vak-SHU mi-pi-HU KI mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH-tse-va-OT HU
Exegesis
Their objects daat {דַעַת | daʿat} ‘knowledge’ and torah {תוֹרָה | tôrāh} ‘law’ create a chiastic arrangement emphasizing preservation and instruction.
Root and etymology
y-r-h
“instruction”
In context — Malachi 2:7
For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge , and the people should seek the law from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts .
About this coordinate
Malachi 2:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Malachi 2:7, so the Hebrew word וְתוֹרָ֖ה (vetora) 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 Mal.2.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mal.2.7.W4.S1) and character.