Deuteronomy 18:6:1Deut.18.6.W1TAB
וְכִֽי־יָבֹ֨א
vekhiyavo
“And if comes”
- Transliteration
- ve-khi-ya-VO
- Extended
- veh-KHI-ya-VOH
- IPA
- /vɛxiː-jaˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- And if comes
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 | |
| 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
ve-khi-ya-VO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khi-ya-VO ha-le-VI
- clause
ve-khi-ya-VO ha-le-VI me-a-KHAD she-a-re-KHA mi-KOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER-hu GAR SHAM
- sentence
ve-khi-ya-VO ha-le-VI me-a-KHAD she-a-re-KHA mi-KOL-yis-ra-EL a-SHER-hu GAR SHAM u-VA be-KHOL-a-VAT naf-SHO el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conditional conjunction veki {וְכִֽי | wə-ḵî} ‘and when’, introducing a protasis about a Levite’s movement.
The verb yavo {יָבֹא | yā-ḇōʾ} appears before its subject ha-levi {הַלֵּוִי | ha-lē-wî}, emphasizing the action-first word order typical of Hebrew narrative.
Root and etymology
ב־ו־א
“to come, enter”
In context — Deuteronomy 18:6
And when the Levite comes from one of your gates in all Israel, where he sojourns, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which the LORD will choose.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 18:6, so the Hebrew word וְכִֽי־יָבֹ֨א (vekhiyavo) 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.18.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.6.W1.S1) and character.