Deuteronomy 16:19:1Deut.16.19.W1PAT
לֹא־תַטֶּ֣ה
lohtateh
“do not pervert”
- Transliteration
- loh-ta-TEH
- Extended
- loh-ta-TEH
- IPA
- /loː.taˈte/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not pervert
- French
- ne pervertis pas
- Spanish
- no perviertas
- Portuguese
- não pervertas
- German
- verzerre nicht
- Russian
- не искажай
- Arabic-Simplified
- لا تُحَرِّفْ
- Hindi
- मत मोड़ो
- Chinese-Simplified
- 不要歪曲
- Korean
- 왜곡하지 말라
- Indonesian
- jangan memutarbalikkan
- Bengali
- বিকৃত কোরো না
- Tagalog
- huwag baluktutin
- Swahili
- usipotoshe
- Amharic
- አታጣምም
- Yoruba
- má yí
- Igbo
- e megharịla
- Twi
- nnkyɛ
- Ewe
- megblẽ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
loh-ta-TEH
- phraseyour reading level
loh-ta-TEH mish-PAT
- clause
loh-ta-TEH mish-PAT LOH ta-KEER pa-NEEM
- sentence
loh-ta-TEH mish-PAT LOH ta-KEER pa-NEEM veh-LOH-tee-KAKH SHO-khad KI ha-SHO-khad yeh-a-VEER EE-NEE kha-kha-MEEM vee-sal-LEF div-REE tsa-di-KEEM
In context — Deuteronomy 16:19
do not pervert justice not show partiality toward persons and do not take bribe for the bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the words of the righteous
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:19:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 16:19, so the Hebrew word לֹא־תַטֶּ֣ה (lohtateh) 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.16.19.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.19.W1.S1) and character.