Deuteronomy 16:11:1Deut.16.11.W1PAT
וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֞
vehsamakhta
“rejoice”
- Transliteration
- veh-sa-MAKH-ta
- Extended
- veh-sah-MAKH-tah
- IPA
- /vəsaːˈmaχtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- rejoice
- French
- se réjouir
- Spanish
- alegrarse
- Portuguese
- alegrar-se
- German
- sich freuen
- Russian
- радоваться
- Arabic-Simplified
- يفرح
- Hindi
- आनंदित होना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 欢喜
- Korean
- 기뻐하다
- Indonesian
- bersukacita
- Bengali
- আনন্দিত হওয়া
- Tagalog
- magalak
- Swahili
- kufurahi
- Amharic
- መደሰት
- Yoruba
- yọ
- Igbo
- ṅụrị
- 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
veh-sa-MAKH-ta
- clause
veh-sa-MAKH-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-TE-kha ve-av-DE-kha va-a-ma-TE-kha ve-ha-LE-vi a-SHER bish-a-a-RE-kha ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER be-kir-BE-kha
- sentence
veh-sa-MAKH-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha a-TA u-vin-KHA u-vit-TE-kha ve-av-DE-kha va-a-ma-TE-kha ve-ha-LE-vi a-SHER bish-a-a-RE-kha ve-ha-GER ve-ha-ya-TOM ve-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER be-kir-BE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM
In context — Deuteronomy 16:11
rejoice before LORD your God in the place which will choose LORD your God to cause to dwell his name there you and your son and your daughter and your male servant and your female servant and the Levite who in your gates and the sojourner and the orphan and the widow who in your midst
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 16:11, so the Hebrew word וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֞ (vehsamakhta) 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.16.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.11.W1.S1) and character.