Deuteronomy 19:11:1Deut.19.11.W1TAB
וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֥ה
vekhiyehyeh
“But if there will be”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHI-ye-HYEH
- Extended
- veh-KHIH-yeh-HYEH
- IPA
- /vəxiː.jihˈjeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- But if there will be
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 EESH
- clause
ve-KHI-ye-HYEH EESH so-NE le-re-EH-hu ve-a-RAV lo ve-KAM a-LAV ve-hi-KA-hu NE-fesh va-MET
- sentence
ve-KHI-ye-HYEH EESH so-NE le-re-EH-hu ve-a-RAV lo ve-KAM a-LAV ve-hi-KA-hu NE-fesh va-MET ve-NAS el-a-KHAT he-a-RIM ha-EL
Exegesis
The clause begins with the conditional conjunction vechi {וְכִי | və-khî} ‘and if’, marking a hypothetical legal scenario.
In context — Deuteronomy 19:11
And if a man, hating his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, strikes him fatally, so that he dies, and flees to one of these cities ,
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 19:11, so the Hebrew word וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֥ה (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.19.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.11.W1.S1) and character.