Deuteronomy 15:16:2Deut.15.16.W2TAB
כִּֽי־יֹאמַ֣ר
kiyomar
“if he says”
- Transliteration
- ki-yo-MAR
- Extended
- kee-yoh-MAHR
- IPA
- /kiːˈjoːmaʁ/
Meaning by language
- English
- if he says
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-yo-MAR
- phraseyour reading level
ki-yo-MAR e-LE-kha
- clause
ve-ha-YA ki-yo-MAR e-LE-kha LO e-TSE me-im-MAKH
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ki-yo-MAR e-LE-kha LO e-TSE me-im-MAKH KI a-HEV-kha ve-ET-BEI-tekha ki-TOV LO im-MAKH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the legal formula vehayah {וְהָיָה֙ | wə-hā-yāh}, marking a stipulation, followed by the conditional ki1 {כִּֽי | kî} introducing the protasis.
The verb yomar {יֹאמַ֣ר | yō-mar} in the Qal imperfect establishes direct speech.
The first causal ki2 {כִּ֤י | kî} links this refusal to ahevkha {אֲהֵֽבְךָ֙ | ʾă-hē-ḇ-kā}, “he loves you,” with veet {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾet} introducing beitekha {בֵּיתֶ֔ךָ | bē-ṯe-kha}, “your house.”
In context — Deuteronomy 15:16
And it shall be if he says to you, “I will not go out from you” because he loves you and your house since it is good for him with you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 15:16, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־יֹאמַ֣ר (kiyomar) 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.15.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.16.W2.S1) and character.