Deuteronomy 23:25:6Deut.23.25.W6PATWLC Deuteronomy 23:26

וְחֶרְמֵשׁ

vekhermesh

but a sickle

Transliteration
ve-kher-MESH
Extended
veh-kher-MEHSH
IPA
/vəħɛrˈmeːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
but a sickle
French
mais une faucille
Spanish
pero una hoz
Portuguese
mas uma foice
German
aber eine Sichel
Russian
но серп
Arabic-Simplified
ولكن منجل
Hindi
लेकिन हँसिया
Chinese-Simplified
但镰刀
Korean
그러나 낫 하나
Indonesian
tetapi sabit
Bengali
কিন্তু কাস্তে
Tagalog
ngunit karit
Swahili
lakini mundu
Amharic
ነገር ግን ማጭድ
Yoruba
ṣùgbọ́n dòjé kan
Igbo
ma mma owuwe ihe
Twi
na sere
Ewe
kple sɔkli

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + חֶרְ + מֵשׁ
ve + kher + mesh
vekhermesh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-kher-MESH

  2. sentence

    kee-tah-VO be-ka-MAT-re-E-kha ve-ka-TAF-ta me-li-LOT be-ya-DE-kha ve-kher-MESH lo-ta-NIF al-ka-MAT-re-E-kha

In contextDeuteronomy 23:25

if you enter into your neighbor's standing grain and you may pluck ears with your hand but a sickle you shall not swing upon your neighbor's standing grain

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 23:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 23:25, so the Hebrew word וְחֶרְמֵשׁ (vekhermesh) 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.23.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.25.W6.S1) and character.