Exodus 22:14:1Exod.22.14.W1TABWLC Exodus 22:13
וְכִֽי־יִשְׁאַ֥ל
vekhiyishal
“and if takes on loan”
- Transliteration
- ve-khi-yish-AL
- Extended
- veh-khee-yihsh-AHL
- IPA
- /və.xiː.jiʃ.ˈʔal/
Meaning by language
- English
- and if takes on loan
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khi-yish-AL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-khi-yish-AL EESH
- clause
ve-khi-yish-AL EESH me-IM re-E-hoo ve-nish-BAR o-MET
- sentence
ve-khi-yish-AL EESH me-IM re-E-hoo ve-nish-BAR o-MET be-a-LAV een-im-MO sha-LEM ye-sha-LEM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conditional introducer vav-ki {וְכִי־ | wə-kî} ‘if’, framing a casuistic statute.
The imperfect verb yish’al {יִשְׁאַל־ | yiš-ʾal} ‘he borrows’ takes the indefinite subject ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} ‘a man’ and the construct phrase me-ʿim reʿ-ē-hû {מֵעִם רֵעֵהוּ | mē-ʿim reʿ-ē-hû} ‘from his neighbor’, underscoring social obligation.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–aleph–lamed
“to ask, request, borrow”
In context — Exodus 22:14
And if a man borrows something from his neighbor and it is broken or dies while the owner is not present, he must make restitution .
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 22:14, so the Hebrew word וְכִֽי־יִשְׁאַ֥ל (vekhiyishal) 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.22.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.14.W1.S1) and character.