Deuteronomy 23:25:1Deut.23.25.W1TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:26
כִּי־תָבֹא
kitavo
“When you come”
- Transliteration
- ki-ta-VO
- Extended
- kee-tah-VOH
- IPA
- /kiː.taˈvoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- When you come
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-ta-VO
- sentence
ki-ta-VO be-ka-MAT re-E-kha ve-ka-TAF-ta me-li-LOT be-ya-DE-kha ve-kher-MESH lo ta-NIF al ka-MAT re-E-kha
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a protasis in a legal context, followed by the imperfect tavó {תָבֹא | tā-ḇōʼ} “you enter” with the locative construct be-kammat reʻekha {בְּקַמַּת רֵעֶךָ | bə-qam-maṯ rê-ʻê-kā} “in your neighbor’s standing grain.”
Root and etymology
ב־ו־א
“to come, go in”
In context — Deuteronomy 23:25
When you enter your neighbor’s standing grain, you may pick heads with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbor’s standing crop.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 23:25, so the Hebrew word כִּי־תָבֹא (kitavo) 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.23.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.25.W1.S1) and character.