Deuteronomy 19:6:8Deut.19.6.W8TAB

וְהִשִּׂיג֛וֹ

vehissigo

and he overtakes him

Transliteration
ve-his-SI-go
Extended
veh-his-SEE-goh
IPA
/vəhisˈsiːɡoː/

Meaning by language

English
and he overtakes him

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Result
וְ + הִש + שִּׂי + ג֛וֹ
ve + his + si + go
vehissigo

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Gimelg as in good
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-his-SI-go

  2. clause

    pen-YIR-dof go-EL ha-DAM a-kha-REI ha-ro-TSE-akh ki-ye-KHAM le-va-VO ve-his-SI-go ki-yir-BEH ha-DE-rekh ve-hi-ka-HU NA-fesh

  3. sentence

    pen-YIR-dof go-EL ha-DAM a-kha-REI ha-ro-TSE-akh ki-ye-KHAM le-va-VO ve-his-SI-go ki-yir-BEH ha-DE-rekh ve-hi-ka-HU NA-fesh ve-LO EIN mish-PAT-MA-vet KI LO so-NE HU LO mit-moL shil-SHOM

Exegesis

Yē-ḥam levavo {יֵחַם לְבָבוֹ | yē-ḥam lə-bā-ḇō} with vehisigo {וְהִשִּׂיגוֹ | wə-ḥiś-śî-gō} and ki-yirbeh ha-derekh {כִּֽי־יִרְבֶּ֥ה הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ | kî-yir-bē ha-də-rēḵ} constructs two causal clauses: the first conveys emotional intensity, the second highlights the long road enabling pursuit.

In contextDeuteronomy 19:6

Lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer because his heart grows hot and he overtakes him—since the road is long—and strikes him so that he dies, though to him there is no judgment of death, for he did not hate him in time past, neither yesterday nor the day before.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 19:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 19:6, so the Hebrew word וְהִשִּׂיג֛וֹ (vehissigo) 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.19.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.6.W8.S1) and character.