Deuteronomy 23:14:15Deut.23.14.W15PATWLC Deuteronomy 23:15

עֶרְוַ֥ת

ervat

indecent

Transliteration
er-VAT
Extended
ehr-VAHT
IPA
/ʕɛrˈvat/

Meaning by language

English
indecent
French
indécent
Spanish
indecente
Portuguese
indecente
German
unanständig
Russian
срамной
Arabic-Simplified
عاري
Hindi
अश्लील
Chinese-Simplified
赤裸的
Korean
음란한
Indonesian
tidak senonoh
Bengali
অশ্লীল
Tagalog
malaswa
Swahili
uchi
Amharic
የርካሽ
Yoruba
ìhòòhò
Igbo
ọtọ
Twi
adagyaw
Ewe
fɔxɔ

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
עֶרְ + וַ֥ת
er + vat
ervat

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Tavt as in top

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    er-VAT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    veh-loh-yir-EH beh-KHA er-VAT da-VAR

  3. clause

    veh-loh-yir-EH beh-KHA er-VAT da-VAR veh-SHAV

  4. sentence

    kee-Yeh-ho-VAH eh-lo-HEH-kha mit-ha-LEKH beh-KE-rev mah-kha-NEH-kha leh-ha-TSIL-kha veh-lah-TET oy-VEH-kha leh-fa-NEH-kha veh-hah-YAA mah-kha-NEH-kha ka-DOSH veh-loh-yir-EH beh-KHA er-VAT da-VAR veh-SHAV meh-ah-kha-REH-kha

In contextDeuteronomy 23:14

because the LORD your God walks your camp in the midst of to deliver you to give your enemies before you shall be your camp holy he may not see in you indecent thing he turns away from behind you

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 23:14:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Deuteronomy 23:14, so the Hebrew word עֶרְוַ֥ת (ervat) 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.23.14.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.14.W15.S1) and character.