Deuteronomy 16:14:1Deut.16.14.W1PAT

וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֖

vehsahmakhta

rejoice

Transliteration
veh-sah-makh-TA
Extended
veh-sah-makh-TAA
IPA
/və.sa.ˈmaħ.taː/

Meaning by language

English
rejoice
French
se réjouir
Spanish
alegrarse
Portuguese
alegrar-se
German
sich freuen
Russian
радоваться
Arabic-Simplified
تفرح
Hindi
आनंदित होना
Chinese-Simplified
欢喜
Korean
기뻐하다
Indonesian
bersukacita
Bengali
আনন্দিত হও
Tagalog
magalak
Swahili
furahi
Amharic
ተደሰት
Yoruba
yọ̀
Igbo
ṅụrị
Twi
ani gye
Ewe
dzidzɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + שָׂ + מַחְ + תָּ֖
veh + sah + makh + ta
vehsahmakhta

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    veh-sah-makh-TA

  2. clause

    veh-sah-makh-TA be-khah-GEH-kha

  3. sentence

    veh-sah-makh-TA be-khah-GEH-kha a-TA oo-bin-KHA oo-bit-TE-kha veh-av-DE-kha va-a-ma-TE-kha veh-ha-le-VEE veh-ha-GER veh-ha-yah-TOM veh-ha-al-ma-NA a-SHER bish-a-RE-kha

In contextDeuteronomy 16:14

you rejoice in your feast and your son and your daughter and your male servant and your female servant and the Levite and the sojourner and the orphan and the widow who in your gates

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 16:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 16:14, so the Hebrew word וְשָׂמַחְתָּ֖ (vehsahmakhta) 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.16.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.14.W1.S1) and character.