Deuteronomy 21:6:7Deut.21.6.W7PAT

יִרְחֲצוּ֙

yirkhatzoo

wash

Transliteration
yir-kha-TZOO
Extended
yir-khah-TZOO
IPA
/jir.ħaˈtsuː/

Meaning by language

English
wash
French
laver
Spanish
lavar
Portuguese
lavar
German
waschen
Russian
мыть
Arabic-Simplified
غسل
Hindi
धोना
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
씻다
Indonesian
mencuci
Bengali
ধোয়া
Tagalog
maghugas
Swahili
kuosha
Amharic
መታጠብ
Yoruba
wẹ́
Igbo
saa
Twi
hohoro
Ewe
si

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
יִרְ + חֲ + צוּ֙
yir + kha + tzoo
yirkhatzoo

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Tsadets as in cats
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    yir-kha-TZOO

  2. clause

    yir-kha-TZOO et-ye-DEI-hem al-ha-eg-LAH ha-a-ru-FAH ban-NA-khal

  3. sentence

    veh-KHOL zik-NEE ha-IR ha-HU hak-ke-ro-VEEM el-he-kha-LAL yir-kha-TZOO et-ye-DEI-hem al-ha-eg-LAH ha-a-ru-FAH ban-NA-khal

In contextDeuteronomy 21:6

and all elders of the city that the nearest to the slain one wash their hands over the heifer beheaded in the valley

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 21:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 21:6, so the Hebrew word יִרְחֲצוּ֙ (yirkhatzoo) 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.21.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.6.W7.S1) and character.