Joshua 20:5:1Josh.20.5.W1TAB
וְכִ֨י
vekhi
“And if”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHI
- Extended
- veh-KHEE
- IPA
- /vəˈxiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- And if
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 |
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Word in context
- word
ve-KHI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHI yir-DOF
- clause
ve-KHI yir-DOF go-EL ha-DAM a-kha-RAV ve-LO-yas-GI-ru et-ha-ro-TSE-akh be-ya-DO
- sentence
ve-KHI yir-DOF go-EL ha-DAM a-kha-RAV ve-LO-yas-GI-ru et-ha-ro-TSE-akh be-ya-DO KI biv-LI-DA-at hi-KA et-re-E-hu ve-LO-so-NE HU LO mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM
Exegesis
The conditional conjunction vechi {וְכִ֨י | və·ḥî} ‘and if’ introduces a protasis outlining the legal condition.
In context — Joshua 20:5
If the avenger of blood pursues him, the elders must not hand over the slayer into his hands, because he struck his neighbor without knowledge and had not hated him previously.
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 20:5, so the Hebrew word וְכִ֨י (vekhi) 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 Josh.20.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.5.W1.S1) and character.