Exodus 21:35:1Exod.21.35.W1TAB
וְכִֽי־יִגֹּ֧ף
vekheeyiggof
“and if it gores”
- Transliteration
- ve-khee-yig-GOF
- Extended
- veh-khee-yig-GOHF
- IPA
- /wə.xiː.jigˈgoːf/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Pe Sofit | final form of Pe — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khee-yig-GOF
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khee-yig-GOF shor-ISH
- clause
ve-khee-yig-GOF shor-ISH et-SHOR re-E-hu va-MET
- sentence
ve-khee-yig-GOF shor-ISH et-SHOR re-E-hu va-MET u-makh-RU et-ha-SHOR ha-KHAI ve-kha-TSU et-kas-PO ve-GAM et-ha-MET ye-khe-TSUN
Exegesis
The clause begins with vekhi {וְכִי | wə-ḵî} meaning ‘and if’, which introduces a casuistic conditional.
The verb yigof {יִגֹּף | yiggôp̄}, Qal imperfect third person masculine singular, specifies the potential action of striking.
Root and etymology
g-p-pg-p-p
“extremity, edge”
In context — Exodus 21:35
And if a man’s ox strikes his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they shall sell the living ox and divide its price ; and they shall also divide the dead animal .
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:35:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 21:35, so the Hebrew word וְכִֽי־יִגֹּ֧ף (vekheeyiggof) 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.21.35.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.35.W1.S1) and character.