Deuteronomy 25:7:9Deut.25.7.W9PAT
אֶל־הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים
elhazzekenim
“to the elders”
- Transliteration
- el-haz-ze-ke-NIM
- Extended
- ehl-haz-zeh-KEH-NIM
- IPA
- /ʔel.haz.zəqeˈnim/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the elders
- French
- aux anciens
- Spanish
- a los ancianos
- Portuguese
- aos anciãos
- German
- zu den Ältesten
- Russian
- к старейшинам
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى الشيوخ
- Hindi
- बुज़ुर्गों के पास
- Chinese-Simplified
- 到长老那里
- Korean
- 장로들에게
- Indonesian
- kepada para tua-tua
- Bengali
- প্রবীণদের কাছে
- Tagalog
- sa matatanda
- Swahili
- kwa wazee
- Amharic
- ወደ ሽማግሌዎች
- Yoruba
- sí àwọn àgbà
- Igbo
- ndị okenye
- Twi
- mpanyimfo no nkyɛn
- Ewe
- na amegãwo
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-haz-ze-ke-NIM
- clause
veh-al-TA ye-VIM-TOH ha-sha-AR-ah el-haz-ze-ke-NIM veh-om-RA meh-EIN ye-va-MI leh-ha-KIM leh-a-KHEEV SHEM be-yis-ra-EL LO a-VA yab-be-MI
- sentence
veh-IHM-LO yakh-POTS ha-ISH lah-KA-khat et-ye-VIM-TOH veh-al-TA ye-VIM-TOH ha-sha-AR-ah el-haz-ze-ke-NIM veh-om-RA meh-EIN ye-va-MI leh-ha-KIM leh-a-KHEEV SHEM be-yis-ra-EL LO a-VA yab-be-MI
In context — Deuteronomy 25:7
and if not the man desires to take his brother's widow his brother's widow went up to the elders to the gate said my husband's brother refuses to raise up name for his brother in Israel to perform levirate duty to me not consent
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 25:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 25:7, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים (elhazzekenim) 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.25.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.25.7.W9.S1) and character.