Deuteronomy 4:16:1Deut.4.16.W1PAT
פֶּ֨ן־תַּשְׁחִת֔וּן
pentashkhitun
“lest corrupt”
- Transliteration
- pen-tash-KHI-tun
- Extended
- pehn-tash-KHIH-tuun
- IPA
- /pɛn.taʃˈxitun/
Meaning by language
- English
- lest corrupt
- French
- de peur de corrompre
- Spanish
- para no corromper
- Portuguese
- para não corromper
- German
- nicht verderben
- Russian
- не портить
- Arabic-Simplified
- الإفساد
- Hindi
- भ्रष्ट न करना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 不可败坏
- Korean
- 타락시키지 말다
- Indonesian
- agar tidak merusak
- Bengali
- নষ্ট না করা
- Tagalog
- huwag sirain
- Swahili
- kuharibu
- Amharic
- እንዳይበላሽ
- Yoruba
- má bàjẹ́
- Igbo
- ka mmebi ghara ime
- Twi
- nsɛe
- Ewe
- vɔ̃
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pen-tash-KHI-tun
- clause
pen-tash-KHI-tun va-a-si-TEM la-KHEM PE-sel te-mu-NAT kol-SA-mel
- sentence
pen-tash-KHI-tun va-a-si-TEM la-KHEM PE-sel te-mu-NAT kol-SA-mel tav-NEET za-KHAR O ne-ke-VA
In context — Deuteronomy 4:16
lest corrupt make for you carved image form of any figure likeness male or female
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 4:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 4:16, so the Hebrew word פֶּ֨ן־תַּשְׁחִת֔וּן (pentashkhitun) 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.4.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.4.16.W1.S1) and character.