Exodus 21:28:1Exod.21.28.W1TAB
וְכִֽי־יִגַּ֨ח
vekhiyigakh
“if {it} gores”
- Transliteration
- ve-khi-yi-GAKH
- Extended
- veh-khee-yee-GAHKH
- IPA
- /və.xiː.jiˈgaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- if {it} gores
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khi-yi-GAKH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khi-yi-GAKH SHOR et-ISH
- clause
ve-khi-yi-GAKH SHOR et-ISH O et-i-SHA va-MET
- sentence
ve-khi-yi-GAKH SHOR et-ISH O et-i-SHA va-MET sa-KOL yi-sa-KEL ha-SHOR ve-LO ye-a-KHEL et-be-sa-RO u-VA-al ha-SHOR na-KI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the protasis vechi {וְכִי | vә-khi} ‘and if’, followed by the subject shor {שׁוֹר | šôr} ‘ox’ with the verb yigach {יִגַּח | yi-gāḥ} ‘gores’.
Root and etymology
y-g-hyod–gimel–chet
“to gore”
In context — Exodus 21:28
And if an ox gores a man or a woman and the person dies, the ox shall surely be stoned, its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall be declared innocent .
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 21:28, so the Hebrew word וְכִֽי־יִגַּ֨ח (vekhiyigakh) 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 Exod.21.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.28.W1.S1) and character.