Exodus 22:8:4Exod.22.8.W4TABWLC Exodus 22:7
וְנִקְרַ֕ב
venikrav
“shall come near”
- Transliteration
- ve-nik-RAV
- Extended
- veh-nik-RAHV
- IPA
- /və.niq.ˈrav/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall come near
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-nik-RAV
- clause
im-LO yi-ma-TSE ha-ga-NAV ve-nik-RAV ba-al-ha-BA-yit el-ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
im-LO yi-ma-TSE ha-ga-NAV ve-nik-RAV ba-al-ha-BA-yit el-ha-e-lo-HIM im-LO sha-LAKH ya-DO bi-me-LE-khet re-E-hu
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive ve-nikrav {וְנִקְרָב | və-nik-rāv} introduces the apodosis with the baal-habbayit {בַּעַל־הַבַּיִת | ba-ʿal-hab-bā-yit} as actor.
In context — Exodus 22:8
If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must approach God to determine whether he has not stretched out his hand into his neighbor’s property.
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 22:8, so the Hebrew word וְנִקְרַ֕ב (venikrav) 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.22.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.8.W4.S1) and character.