Deuteronomy 23:13:11Deut.23.13.W11TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:14

וְכִסִּיתָ

vekisita

“and cover”

Transliteration: ve-ki-SI-ta
Extended: veh-ki-see-TA
IPA: /vəkiˈsiːtaː/

Meaning by language

English: and cover

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + כִ + סִּי + תָ

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ve + ki + si + ta

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vekisita

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
	Samekh	s as in sit
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Yod	y as in yes; marks long ī
	Tav	t as in top
	Qamets	long 'ah'

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
ve-ki-SI-ta
phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-YA be-shiv-te-KHA KHUTS ve-kha-FAR-ta BAH ve-shav-TA ve-ki-SI-ta et-tse-o-TE-kha
clause
al-a-ze-NE-kha ve-ha-YA be-shiv-te-KHA KHUTS ve-kha-FAR-ta BAH ve-shav-TA ve-ki-SI-ta et-tse-o-TE-kha
sentence
ve-ya-TED ti-hyeh le-KHA al-a-ze-NE-kha ve-ha-YA be-shiv-te-KHA KHUTS ve-kha-FAR-ta BAH ve-shav-TA ve-ki-SI-ta et-tse-o-TE-kha

Exegesis

Each directive vechafarta {וְחָפַרְתָּ | və-ḥā-par-tā} ‘you shall dig’, veshavta {וְשַׁבְתָּ | və-šaḇ-tā} ‘you shall turn’, and vekisita {וְכִסִּיתָ | və-ki-sī-tā} ‘you shall cover’ is introduced by a vav-consecutive perfect, establishing strict sequence.

In context — Deuteronomy 23:13

And you shall have a peg among your equipment, and when you go outside to sit, you shall dig with it, turn back, and cover your excrement .

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 23:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 23:13, so the Hebrew word וְכִסִּיתָ (vekisita) 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.23.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.13.W11.S1) and character.

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