Deuteronomy 23:25:2Deut.23.25.W2TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:26
בְּקָמַת רֵעֶךָ
bekamat reekha
“into your neighbor's standing-grain”
- Transliteration
- be-ka-MAT re-E-kha
- Extended
- beh-kah-MAHT reh-eh-KHAH
- IPA
- /bəkaˈmat reː.ˈʕɛxa/
Meaning by language
- English
- into your neighbor's standing-grain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| 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
be-ka-MAT re-E-kha
- 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.”
The adversative vav lo tinif {וְלֹא תָנִיף | wə-lōʼ ṯa-nîp̄} “but you shall not wield” plus the noun hermesh {חֶרְמֵשׁ | ḥer-meš} “sickle” and the prepositional phrase al qemet reʻekha {עַל קֶמֶת רֵעֶךָ | ʻal qe-met rê-ʻê-kā} “upon your neighbor’s standing grain” prohibits using a harvesting implement, drawing a clear boundary between permissible gleaning and full-scale reaping.
Root and etymology
ר־ע־י
“friend or neighbor”
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 23:25:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 23:25, so the Hebrew word בְּקָמַת רֵעֶךָ (bekamat reekha) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.25.W2.S1) and character.