Deuteronomy 22:26:10Deut.22.26.W10TAB

יָקוּם

yakum

a man rises

Transliteration
ya-KUM
Extended
yaa-KOOM
IPA
/jaːˈkum/

Meaning by language

English
a man rises

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Result
יָ + קוּם
ya + kum
yakum

Alphabet Analysis

Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ya-KUM

  2. sentence

    ve-la-na-A-ra LO-ta-a-SEH da-VAR EIN la-na-A-ra KHET MA-vet KI ka-a-SHER ya-KUM el-re-E-hu ur-tsa-KHO NE-fesh KEN ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH

Exegesis

The verb pair yakum...urtsaho {יָק֨וּם ... וּרְצָח֣וֹ | yā-qûm ... ū-rə-ṣā-ḥō} ‘rises up...and murders him’ expresses calculated violence.

Root and etymology

q-w-mqof–vav–mem

to arise, stand

In contextDeuteronomy 22:26

But to the young woman you shall do nothing; there is no sin of death in the young woman, for just as when a man rises up against his neighbor and murders him—a life—so is this matter .

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 22:26:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 22:26, so the Hebrew word יָקוּם (yakum) 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.22.26.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.26.W10.S1) and character.