Deuteronomy 12:18:20Deut.12.18.W20PAT
וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֗
vesamakhta
“rejoice”
- Transliteration
- ve-sa-MAKH-ta
- Extended
- veh-sah-MAHKH-tah
- IPA
- /vəsaːˈmaħtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- rejoice
- French
- se réjouir
- Spanish
- alegrarse
- Portuguese
- alegrar-se
- German
- sich freuen
- Russian
- радоваться
- Arabic-Simplified
- يفرح
- Hindi
- आनन्दित होना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 欢喜
- Korean
- 기뻐하다
- Indonesian
- bersukacita
- Bengali
- আনন্দ করা
- Tagalog
- magalak
- Swahili
- furahi
- Amharic
- መደሰት
- Yoruba
- yọ̀
- Igbo
- ṅụrịa
- Twi
- ani gye
- Ewe
- dzidzɔ
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sa-MAKH-ta
- clause
ve-sa-MAKH-ta lif-nei Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha be-KHOL mish-LAKH ya-DE-kha
- sentence
BUT im-li-fe-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha to-khe-LE-nu ba-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-TE-kha ve-av-de-KHA va-a-MA-te-kha ve-hal-le-VI a-SHER bish-a-RE-kha ve-sa-MAKH-ta lif-nei Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha be-KHOL mish-LAKH ya-DE-kha
In context — Deuteronomy 12:18
but LORD before your God eat it in the place which choose LORD your God in it you and your son and your daughter and your male servant and your female servant and the Levite who in your gates rejoice before LORD your God in all undertaking of your hand
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 12:18:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Deuteronomy 12:18, so the Hebrew word וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֗ (vesamakhta) 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 Deut.12.18.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.12.18.W20.S1) and character.