Deuteronomy 28:20:4Deut.28.20.W4PAT
אֶת־הַמְּאֵרָה
ethameerah
“the curse”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-me-E-RAH
- Extended
- eht-hah-meh-EH-RAAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ham.məʔeˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the curse
- French
- la malédiction
- Spanish
- la maldición
- Portuguese
- a maldição
- German
- Fluch
- Russian
- проклятие
- Arabic-Simplified
- اللعنة
- Hindi
- शाप
- Chinese-Simplified
- 咒诅
- Korean
- 저주
- Indonesian
- kutuk
- Bengali
- অভিশাপ
- Tagalog
- sumpa
- Swahili
- laana
- Amharic
- እርግማን
- Yoruba
- egún
- Igbo
- ọnụ iyi
- Twi
- nnome
- Ewe
- nuwɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-me-E-RAH
- sentence
ye-sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH be-KHA et-ha-me-E-RAH et-ha-me-hu-MAH ve-et-ha-mig-E-ret be-KHOL-mish-LAKH ya-DE-kha a-SHER ta-a-SHEH ad hish-AM-de-kha ve-ad-ab-DE-kha ma-HER mip-NEI RO-a ma-al-LE-kha a-SHER a-zav-TA-ni
In context — Deuteronomy 28:20
LORD will send on you the curse the confusion and frustration in all your work that you do until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly because of evil your deeds because you have forsaken me
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 28:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 28:20, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמְּאֵרָה (ethameerah) 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.28.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.28.20.W4.S1) and character.