Deuteronomy 13:12:1Deut.13.12.W1TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:13
כִּֽי־תִשְׁמַ֣ע
kitishma
“If you hear”
- Transliteration
- ki-tish-MA
- Extended
- kee-tish-MAH
- IPA
- /kiː.tiʃˈmaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- If you hear
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
ki-tish-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ki-tish-MA be-a-KHAT
- sentence
ki-tish-MA be-a-KHAT a-re-KHA a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH la-SHE-vet SHAM le-MOR
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conditional marker ki {כִּי | kî} introducing a protasis clause.
The verb tishma {תִשְׁמַע | tišmaʿ} (Qal imperfect, second person masculine singular) “you will hear” is followed by the prepositional phrase be achat ʿareykha {בְּאַחַת עָרֶיךָ | bə-ʾā-ḥat ʿā-rê-ḵā} “in one of your towns,” a construct chain indicating possession.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ayin
“to hear”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:12
If you hear it said in one of your towns that the LORD your God is giving you to dwell there,
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 13:12, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־תִשְׁמַ֣ע (kitishma) 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.13.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.12.W1.S1) and character.