Deuteronomy 20:1:11Deut.20.1.W11TAB
כִּֽי־יְהוָ֤ה
keeyehovah
“for the LORD”
- Transliteration
- kee-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- kee-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /kiː-jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the LORD
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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kee-ye-ho-VAH
- phraseyour reading level
kee-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- clause
kee-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-MAKH ha-ma-al-KHA me-E-retz mits-RA-yim
- sentence
kee-te-TSE la-mil-kha-MA al-oy-ve-KHA ve-ra-I-ta SUS va-RE-khev am-RAV mim-KHA lo ti-RA me-HEM kee-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha im-MAKH ha-ma-al-KHA me-E-retz mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘when,’ introducing a temporal clause headed by the Qal imperfect tetse {תֵצֵא | te-TSÊ’} ‘you go out.’
The negative imperative lo tira {לֹא תִירָא | lō’ ṯî-rā’} ‘must not fear’ issues a prohibition, followed by the causal ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for,’ introducing the reason based on the compound divine name YHWH Eloheikha {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | Yə-hō-wāh ʼĕ-lō-hê-kā} ‘LORD your God,’ reinforced by immakh {עִמָּךְ | ’im-mā-kh} ‘with you.’
Root and etymology
ה־י־הheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — Deuteronomy 20:1
When you go out to fight against your enemies and you see horses and chariots and a force larger than you, you must not fear them, for the LORD your God is with you—He is the One who brought you up from the land of Egypt.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 20:1, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־יְהוָ֤ה (keeyehovah) 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.20.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.1.W11.S1) and character.