Deuteronomy 21:1:1Deut.21.1.W1TAB
כִּי־יִמָּצֵ֣א
kiyimmatse
“If is found”
- Transliteration
- ki-yim-ma-TSE
- Extended
- kee-yeem-mah-TSEH
- IPA
- /kiː.jim.maˈtseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- If is found
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
ki-yim-ma-TSE
- phraseyour reading level
ki-yim-ma-TSE kha-LAL
- clause
ki-yim-ma-TSE kha-LAL ba-a-da-MAH a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA le-rish-TAH no-FEL ba-sa-DEH
- sentence
ki-yim-ma-TSE kha-LAL ba-a-da-MAH a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA le-rish-TAH no-FEL ba-sa-DEH LO no-DA MI hi-ka-HU
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conditional conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘if’, introducing a hypothetical legal case.
This is followed by the verb yimmatse {יִמָּצֵא | yimmāṣē} ‘is found’ and the noun chalal {חָלָל | ḥālāl} ‘slain person’ to depict the discovery event.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:1
If a person is found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess , lying fallen in the field, and it is not known who struck him.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:1:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 21:1, so the Hebrew word כִּי־יִמָּצֵ֣א (kiyimmatse) 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.21.1.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.1.W1.S1) and character.