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

Result
יִבְ + חַ֛ר
yiv + khar
yivkhar

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    yiv-KHAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER yiv-KHAR

  3. clause

    ve-KAM-ta ve-a-li-TA el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha BO

  4. 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 contextDeuteronomy 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.