Deuteronomy 17:2:1Deut.17.2.W1TAB
כִּֽי־יִמָּצֵ֤א
kiyimmatse
“If is found”
- Transliteration
- ki-yim-ma-TSE
- Extended
- kee-yeem-mah-TSEH
- IPA
- /kiː.jim.mäˈtseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- If is found
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' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-yim-ma-TSE
- phraseyour reading level
ki-yim-ma-TSE be-kir-be-KHA
- clause
ki-yim-ma-TSE be-kir-be-KHA be-a-KHAD she-a-re-KHA a-sher Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH
- sentence
ki-yim-ma-TSE be-kir-be-KHA be-a-KHAD she-a-re-KHA a-sher Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH ISH o-i-SHA a-SHER ya-a-SE et-ha-RA be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-a-VOR be-ri-TO
Exegesis
The Hebrew opens with the conditional conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘if/when’, introducing a legal protasis.
The passive Nifal imperfect yimmatse {יִמָּצֵא | yim·mä·ṣēʾ} ‘is found’ frames a hypothetical scenario.
Root and etymology
Rootmem-tsade-aleph
“to find, discover”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:2
If there is found among you in one of your gates which the LORD your God gives to you, a man or a woman who does evil in the eyes of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 17:2, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־יִמָּצֵ֤א (kiyimmatse) 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.17.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.2.W1.S1) and character.