Deuteronomy 21:22:1Deut.21.22.W1TAB
וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֣ה
vekhiyehyeh
“and if there will be”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHI-ye-HYEH
- Extended
- veh-KHEE-yeh-HYEH
- IPA
- /vəxiː.jihˈje/
Meaning by language
- English
- and if there will be
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KHI-ye-HYEH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHI-ye-HYEH be-ISH
- clause
ve-KHI-ye-HYEH be-ISH KHET mish-PAT-MA-vet ve-hu-MAT
- sentence
ve-KHI-ye-HYEH be-ISH KHET mish-PAT-MA-vet ve-hu-MAT ve-ta-LEE-ta o-TO al-ETS
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunction-conditional vekhi {וְכִֽי־ | wə-ḥî} ‘and when’, introducing a hypothetical legal scenario.
The verb yihyeh {יִהְיֶ֣ה | yiḥyê} ‘there is’ (imperfect) signals potential occurrence of chet {חֵ֛טְא | ḥêṭʾ} ‘sin, offense’ in be’ish {בְאִ֗ישׁ | bə-ʾîš} ‘a man’.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:22
And when there is in a man a sin worthy of the judgment of death, and he has been put to death, and you hang him on a tree.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 21:22, so the Hebrew word וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֣ה (vekhiyehyeh) 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.21.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.22.W1.S1) and character.