Deuteronomy 17:14:1Deut.17.14.W1TAB
כִּֽי־תָבֹ֣א
kitavo
“When you come”
- Transliteration
- ki-ta-VO
- Extended
- kee-tah-VOH
- IPA
- /kiː.taˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- When you come
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-ta-VO
- phraseyour reading level
ki-ta-VO el-ha-A-ret
- clause
ki-ta-VO el-ha-A-ret a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN lakh vi-rish-TAH ve-ya-shav-TA BAH
- sentence
ki-ta-VO el-ha-A-ret a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN lakh vi-rish-TAH ve-ya-shav-TA BAH ve-a-mar-TA a-si-MAH a-LAI ME-lekh ke-KHOL-ha-go-YIM a-SHER se-vi-vo-TAI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal conjunction ki {כִּֽי | kî} ‘when’ followed by the imperfect verb tāḇōʼ {תָבֹא | tā-ḇōʼ} indicating future action.
In context — Deuteronomy 17:14
When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and you take possession of it and live in it, and you say, “Let me appoint a king over me like all the nations around me.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 17:14, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־תָבֹ֣א (kitavo) 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.17.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.14.W1.S1) and character.