Deuteronomy 19:6:9Deut.19.6.W9TAB
כִּֽי־יִרְבֶּ֥ה
kiyirbeh
“because is long”
- Transliteration
- ki-yir-BEH
- Extended
- kee-yeer-BEH
- IPA
- /ki.jirˈbe/
Meaning by language
- English
- because is long
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 | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ki-yir-BEH
- phraseyour reading level
ki-yir-BEH ha-DE-rekh
- 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
- 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 context — Deuteronomy 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 19:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 19:6, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־יִרְבֶּ֥ה (kiyirbeh) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.6.W9.S1) and character.