Deuteronomy 21:9:5Deut.21.9.W5TAB
מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָ
mikirbekha
“from your midst”
- Transliteration
- mi-kir-BE-kha
- Extended
- mih-kihr-BEH-kha
- IPA
- /mikkirˈbɛxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- from your midst
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
mi-kir-BE-kha
- clause
ve-a-TA te-va-ER ha-DAM ha-na-KI mi-kir-BE-kha
- sentence
ve-a-TA te-va-ER ha-DAM ha-na-KI mi-kir-BE-kha ki-ta-a-SE ha-ya-SHAR be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mī-qir-bé-kha {מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָ | mī-qir-bé-kha} ‘from your midst’ locates the command within the community.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:9
So you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, because you will do what is right in the eyes of the LORD .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 21:9, so the Hebrew word מִקִּרְבֶּ֑ךָ (mikirbekha) 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.21.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.9.W5.S1) and character.