Deuteronomy 17:8:20Deut.17.8.W20PAT
יִבְחַ֛ר
yivkhar
“chooses”
- Transliteration
- yiv-KHAR
- Extended
- yeev-KHAR
- IPA
- /jivˈχar/
Meaning by language
- English
- chooses
- French
- choisit
- Spanish
- elige
- Portuguese
- escolhe
- German
- wählt
- Russian
- выбирает
- Arabic-Simplified
- يختار
- Hindi
- चुनता है
- Chinese-Simplified
- 选择
- Korean
- 택하다
- Indonesian
- memilih
- Bengali
- বেছে নেয়
- Tagalog
- pinipili
- Swahili
- huchagua
- Amharic
- ይመርጣል
- Yoruba
- yàn
- Igbo
- họrọ
- Twi
- paw
- Ewe
- tia
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
yiv-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER yiv-KHAR
- clause
ve-KAM-ta ve-a-li-TA el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO
- sentence
KI yi-pa-LE mim-KHA da-VAR la-mish-PAT BEIN-DAM le-DAM BEIN-DEEN le-DEEN oo-BEIN NE-ga la-NE-ga div-REE ri-VOT bish-a-RE-KHA ve-KAM-ta ve-a-li-TA el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO
In context — Deuteronomy 17:8
if matter too difficult from you for judgment between blood and blood between judgment and judgment or between an affliction and affliction matters of disputes within your gates rise go up to the place which chooses LORD your God there
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:8:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Deuteronomy 17:8, so the Hebrew word יִבְחַ֛ר (yivkhar) 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.17.8.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.8.W20.S1) and character.