Deuteronomy 13:10:4Deut.13.10.W4TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:11
בִּקֵּ֤שׁ
bikesh
“he sought”
- Transliteration
- bi-KESH
- Extended
- bih-KEHSH
- IPA
- /biqˈkeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he sought
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
bi-KESH
- phraseyour reading level
bi-KESH le-ha-di-KHA-ka me-AL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
KEE bi-KESH le-ha-di-KHA-ka me-AL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
u-se-kal-TO ba-a-va-NEEM va-MET KEE bi-KESH le-ha-di-KHA-ka me-AL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ha-mo-tzi-a-KHA me-E-retz mits-RA-yim mi-BEIT a-va-DEEM
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ introduces the causal clause of subversion, where bikesh {בִּקֵּשׁ | bî-qēš} ‘he sought’ and the infinitive lehadikha {לְהַדִּיחֲךָ | lə-had-dî-aḥ-kā} ‘to turn you aside’ form the charge of religious betrayal.
In context — Deuteronomy 13:10
And you shall stone him with stones, and he shall die, because he sought to lead you astray from the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 13:10, so the Hebrew word בִּקֵּ֤שׁ (bikesh) 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.13.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.10.W4.S1) and character.