Deuteronomy 12:21:23Deut.12.21.W23PAT

אֲוַ֣ת

avat

desire

Transliteration
a-VAT
Extended
ah-VAT
IPA
/ʔa.ˈvat/

Meaning by language

English
desire
French
désir
Spanish
deseo
Portuguese
desejo
German
Wunsch
Russian
желание
Arabic-Simplified
شهوة
Hindi
इच्छा
Chinese-Simplified
愿望
Korean
소원
Indonesian
keinginan
Bengali
ইচ্ছা
Tagalog
nais
Swahili
tamaa
Amharic
ፍላጎት
Yoruba
ifẹ
Igbo
ọchịchọ
Twi
Ewe

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Result
אֲ + וַ֣ת
a + vat
avat

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-VAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-VAT naf-SHE-kha

  3. clause

    ve-a-KHAL-ta be-sha-a-RE-kha be-KHOL a-VAT naf-SHE-kha

  4. sentence

    ki-yir-KHAK mim-KHA ham-MA-kom a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-SUM SHMOH SHAM ve-za-VAKH-ta mi-be-KAR-kha u-mits-SON-kha a-SHER na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH le-KHA ka-a-SHER tsi-vee-TI-kha ve-a-KHAL-ta be-sha-a-RE-kha be-KHOL a-VAT naf-SHE-kha

In contextDeuteronomy 12:21

if is far from you the place which will choose LORD your God to set his name there you may slaughter from your herd from your flock which gave LORD to you as I commanded you you may eat in your gates according to all desire your soul

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 12:21:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Deuteronomy 12:21, so the Hebrew word אֲוַ֣ת (avat) 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.12.21.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.12.21.W23.S1) and character.