Deuteronomy 14:24:8Deut.14.24.W8TAB
כִּֽי־יִרְחַ֤ק
kiyirkhak
“because it is far”
- Transliteration
- KI-yir-KHAK
- Extended
- KEE-yeer-KHAKH
- IPA
- /kiː.jirˈχak/
Meaning by language
- English
- because it is far
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
KI-yir-KHAK
- phraseyour reading level
KI-yir-KHAK mim-KHA
- clause
ve-KHI-yir-BEH mim-KHA ha-DE-rekh KI LO tu-KHAL se-E-to KI-yir-KHAK mim-KHA ha-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-SUM she-MO SHAM
- sentence
ve-KHI-yir-BEH mim-KHA ha-DE-rekh KI LO tu-KHAL se-E-to KI-yir-KHAK mim-KHA ha-ma-KOM a-SHER yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-SUM she-MO SHAM KI ye-va-reKH-kha Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
A second causal ki-yir-ḥaq {כִּֽי־יִרְחַק | kî-yir-ḥaq} ‘because it is distant’ links the task’s impracticality to the distance expressed by mimekha ha-ma-qom {מִמְּךָ֙ הַמָּקוֹם | mi-me-kha ha-mā-qôm} ‘from you the place’.
Finally, the concluding clause ki yəvārəkhā YHWH Elohekha {כִּ֥י יְבָרֶכְךָ֖ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ | kî yə-vā-rə-ḵā Yə-hō-wāh ’ĕ-lō-hê-khā} ‘since the LORD your God blesses you’ provides the theological rationale, linking abundance to the worship requirement. This sequence of conditional and causal clauses underscores both human limitation and divine provision in framing the worship directive.
In context — Deuteronomy 14:24
But if the way is too much for you because you cannot carry it, because the place the LORD your God chooses to put his name is distant from you, since the LORD your God blesses you .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 14:24, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־יִרְחַ֤ק (kiyirkhak) 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.14.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.24.W8.S1) and character.