Deuteronomy 19:4:8Deut.19.4.W8TAB
יַכֶּ֤ה
yakeh
“strikes”
- Transliteration
- ya-KEH
- Extended
- yah-KEH
- IPA
- /jaˈkeh/
Meaning by language
- English
- strikes
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Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ya-KEH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ya-KEH et-re-EI-hu
- clause
a-SHER ya-KEH et-re-EI-hu biv-LEE-DA-at ve-HU lo-so-NE LO mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM
- sentence
ve-ZEH de-VAR ha-ro-TSE-akh a-SHER ya-NUS sha-MAH va-KHAI a-SHER ya-KEH et-re-EI-hu biv-LEE-DA-at ve-HU lo-so-NE LO mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM
Exegesis
The second clause asher yakeh et re’eihu bivli-da’at {אֲשֶׁר יַכֶּה אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ בִּבְלִי־דַ֔עַת | ʾă-šer yak-keh ʾet re-ʾê-hū bi-vli-ḏa-ʿat} employs the Hiphil imperfect for the act of striking, with et marking the direct object and bivli-da’at indicating absence of intent.
In context — Deuteronomy 19:4
And this is the case concerning the manslayer who flees there and lives when he strikes his neighbor without knowledge , provided that he had not hated him from yesterday or the day before.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 19:4, so the Hebrew word יַכֶּ֤ה (yakeh) 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.19.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.4.W8.S1) and character.