Deuteronomy 15:21:1Deut.15.21.W1TAB
וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֨ה
vekhiyehyeh
“But if there is”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHI-ye-hyeh
- Extended
- veh-KHI-yeh-YEH
- IPA
- /vəxi.jihˈjeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- But if there is
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KHI-ye-hyeh
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHI-ye-hyeh BO
- clause
ve-KHI-ye-hyeh BO MUM pis-SE-akh O i-VER KOL MUM RA
- sentence
ve-KHI-ye-hyeh BO MUM pis-SE-akh O i-VER KOL MUM RA LO tiz-ba-KHE-nu la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conditional protasis introduced by veki-yihyeh {וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֨ה | wə-ḵî-yih·yêh} ‘and if it is’.
In context — Deuteronomy 15:21
But if there is in it a defect —lame or blind or any bad defect—you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 15:21, so the Hebrew word וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֨ה (vekhiyehyeh) 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.15.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.21.W1.S1) and character.