Deuteronomy 15:17:2Deut.15.17.W2PAT
אֶת־הַמַּרְצֵ֗עַ
ethammartsea
“the awl”
- Transliteration
- et-ham-mar-TSE-a
- Extended
- eh-tham-mar-TSEH-ah
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ha.mar.ˈtse.ʕa/
Meaning by language
- English
- the awl
- French
- l'alêne
- Spanish
- la lezna
- Portuguese
- a sovela
- German
- Ahle
- Russian
- шило
- Arabic-Simplified
- مِخْرَز
- Hindi
- सूआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 锥子
- Korean
- 송곳
- Indonesian
- penusuk
- Bengali
- ছিদ্রক
- Tagalog
- panusok
- Swahili
- chombo cha kutoboa
- Amharic
- መብሳሪያ
- Yoruba
- irin ìgún
- Igbo
- ngwa mgbapu
- Twi
- awɔl
- Ewe
- nu si wòde ɖo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
et-ham-mar-TSE-a
- phraseyour reading level
ve-la-KAKH-ta et-ham-mar-TSE-a
- clause
ve-la-KAKH-ta et-ham-mar-TSE-a ve-na-TAT-ta be-ahz-NO oo-va-DE-let ve-ha-YA le-KHA E-ved o-LAM
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH-ta et-ham-mar-TSE-a ve-na-TAT-ta be-ahz-NO oo-va-DE-let ve-ha-YA le-KHA E-ved o-LAM ve-AF la-a-mat-KHA ta-a-SEH-KEN
In context — Deuteronomy 15:17
take the awl put in his ear and in the door be to you slave forever and also do the same to your female slave
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 15:17, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמַּרְצֵ֗עַ (ethammartsea) 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.15.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.17.W2.S1) and character.