Deuteronomy 15:9:23Deut.15.9.W23TAB

בְךָ֖

bekha

upon you

Transliteration
be-KHA
Extended
beh-KHAH
IPA
/bəˈxaː/

Meaning by language

English
upon you

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Result
בְ + ךָ֖
be + kha
bekha

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-KHA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-ha-YA be-KHA

  3. clause

    ve-ka-RA a-lei-KHA el-ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-YA be-KHA KHET

  4. sentence

    hi-sha-MER le-KHA pen-yi-he-YEH da-VAR im-le-vav-KHA be-li-YA-al le-MOR kar-VAH she-NAT-ha-SHE-va she-NAT hash-mi-TAH ve-ra-AH ei-ne-KHA be-a-khi-KHA ha-ev-YON ve-LO ti-TEN LO ve-ka-RA a-lei-KHA el-ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-YA be-KHA KHET

Exegesis

The judicial outcome is framed by ve-karah aleikha el YHWH {וְקָרָא עָלֶיךָ אֶל־יְהוָה | wə-qārāʾ ʿā·leḵā ʾel Yə-hō-wāh} ‘and he will call out against you to the LORD,’ and ve-hayah be-kha chet {וְהָיָה בְךָ חֵטְא | wə-hā·yāh bə·ḵā ḥêṯ·ʾā} ‘and it will become sin in you.’ The Hebrew employs construct chains for temporal phrases and idiomatic verbs to underline the link between inward attitude and social-theological consequence.

In contextDeuteronomy 15:9

Beware for yourself, lest there be a worthless matter in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release draws near,” and your eye is evil toward your needy brother, and you do not give him anything, and he calls out against you to the LORD , and it becomes sin in you.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 15:9:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Deuteronomy 15:9, so the Hebrew word בְךָ֖ (bekha) 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.15.9.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.9.W23.S1) and character.