Exodus 23:7:3Exod.23.7.W3TAB
וְנָקִ֤י
venaki
“{And} the innocent”
- Transliteration
- ve-na-KI
- Extended
- veh-nah-KEE
- IPA
- /wə.naː.ˈqiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} the innocent
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-na-KI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-na-KI ve-tsad-DIK
- clause
ve-na-KI ve-tsad-DIK al-ta-ha-ROG KI loh-ats-DIK ra-SHA
- sentence
mid-de-var-SHE-ker tir-KHAK ve-na-KI ve-tsad-DIK al-ta-ha-ROG KI loh-ats-DIK ra-SHA
Exegesis
Coordinated adjectives wenaqi {וְנָקִ֤י | wə-nā-qî} ‘innocent’ and wetsaddiq {וְצַדִּיק֙ | wə-ṣad-dîq} ‘just’ serve as objects of the prohibitive jussive altaharog {אַל־תַּהֲרֹ֔ג | ʾal-ta-ha-rôg} ‘do not kill’.
Root and etymology
נ־ק־י
“clean, free from guilt”
In context — Exodus 23:7
Keep far from a matter of falsehood, and do not kill the innocent and the just; for I will not acquit the wicked.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 23:7, so the Hebrew word וְנָקִ֤י (venaki) 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.23.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.7.W3.S1) and character.