Deuteronomy 19:8:1Deut.19.8.W1TAB
וְאִם־יַרְחִ֞יב
veimyarkhiv
“and if expands”
- Transliteration
- ve-IM-yar-KHIV
- Extended
- veh-EEM-yar-KHEEV
- IPA
- /vəʔim-jaʁˈħiːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and if expands
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-IM-yar-KHIV
- clause
ve-IM-yar-KHIV Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha et-ge-VUL-kha ka-a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha
- sentence
ve-IM-yar-KHIV Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha et-ge-VUL-kha ka-a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha ve-na-TAN le-KHA et-KOL-ha-A-retz a-SHER di-BER la-TET la-a-vo-TE-kha
Exegesis
The sentence opens with the conditional conjunction ve-im {וְאִם־ | və-ʾim} ‘and if’, establishing a protasis.
The hiphil imperfect verb yarkhiv {יַרְחִ֞יב | yar-ḥîḇ} ‘he will enlarge’ expresses divine causation of expansion.
Root and etymology
r-ḥ-bresh–ḥet–beth
“to make wide, enlarge”
In context — Deuteronomy 19:8
And if the LORD your God enlarges your border as He swore to your ancestors, and gives you all the land that He spoke to give to your ancestors.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 19:8, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־יַרְחִ֞יב (veimyarkhiv) 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.19.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.8.W1.S1) and character.