Deuteronomy 21:15:1Deut.21.15.W1TAB
כִּֽי־תִהְיֶ֨יןָ
kitihyena
“If there will be”
- Transliteration
- ki-tih-ye-NA
- Extended
- kee-tih-yeh-NAH
- IPA
- /kiː.tih.jeˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- If there will be
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-tih-ye-NA
- phraseyour reading level
ki-tih-ye-NA le-ISH
- clause
ki-tih-ye-NA le-ISH shtey na-SHIM ha-a-KHAT a-hu-VAH ve-ha-a-KHAT se-nu-AH ve-yal-DU-lo ba-NIM ha-a-hu-VAH ve-has-se-nu-AH
- sentence
ki-tih-ye-NA le-ISH shtey na-SHIM ha-a-KHAT a-hu-VAH ve-ha-a-KHAT se-nu-AH ve-yal-DU-lo ba-NIM ha-a-hu-VAH ve-has-se-nu-AH ve-ha-YA ha-BEN ha-be-KHOR la-se-ni-AH
Exegesis
The Hebrew clause begins with ki {כִּי | kî} ‘if/when,’ introducing a legal condition.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man has two wives—one beloved and the other unloved —and both bear him sons, but the firstborn son belongs to the unloved wife,
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 21:15, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־תִהְיֶ֨יןָ (kitihyena) 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.21.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.15.W1.S1) and character.