Deuteronomy 15:12:1Deut.15.12.W1TAB
כִּֽי־יִמָּכֵ֨ר
kiyimmakher
“If is sold”
- Transliteration
- ki-yim-ma-KHER
- Extended
- kee-yim-maa-KHEHR
- IPA
- /ki.jim.maˈxeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- If is sold
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-yim-ma-KHER
- phraseyour reading level
ki-yim-ma-KHER le-KHA
- clause
ki-yim-ma-KHER le-KHA a-KHI-kha ha-iv-RI O ha-iv-ri-YAH va-a-vad-KHA SHESH sha-NIM
- sentence
ki-yim-ma-KHER le-KHA a-KHI-kha ha-iv-RI O ha-iv-ri-YAH va-a-vad-KHA SHESH sha-NIM u-va-sha-NAH ha-shvi-IT te-shal-le-KHE-nu khof-SHI me-im-MAKH
Exegesis
The conditional conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} introduces a legal protasis setting a hypothetical sale.
The Nifal imperfect yimmāḵēr {יִמָּכֵ֨ר | yimmā·ḵêr} conveys a passive transaction “is sold.”
Root and etymology
mem-kaf-reshmem kaf resh
“to sell”
In context — Deuteronomy 15:12
If your brother the Hebrew man or the Hebrew woman is sold to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall send him away free from you .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 15:12, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־יִמָּכֵ֨ר (kiyimmakher) 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.15.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.12.W1.S1) and character.