וְכִי־תָבֹ֣אוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְכִי־תָבֹ֣אוּ

   ve-KHI-ta-VO-u

   when you come
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְכִי־תָבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ

   ve-KHI-ta-VO-u el-ha-A-rets

   when you come into the land
3. clause🔊 וְכִי־תָבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ וּנְטַעְתֶּם֙ כָּל־עֵ֣ץ מַאֲכָ֔ל וַעֲרַלְתֶּ֥ם עָרְלָת֖וֹ אֶת־פִּרְי֑וֹ

   ve-KHI-ta-VO-u el-ha-A-rets oo-neh-ta-TEM kol-ETS ma-a-KHAL va-a-ral-TEM or-la-TO et-pir-YO

   when you come into the land and plant every tree for food and regard as forbidden its fruit its uncircumcision
4. sentence🔊 וְכִי־תָבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ וּנְטַעְתֶּם֙ כָּל־עֵ֣ץ מַאֲכָ֔ל וַעֲרַלְתֶּ֥ם עָרְלָת֖וֹ אֶת־פִּרְי֑וֹ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֗ים יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֛ם עֲרֵלִ֖ים לֹ֥א יֵאָכֵֽל׃

   ve-KHI-ta-VO-u el-ha-A-rets oo-neh-ta-TEM kol-ETS ma-a-KHAL va-a-ral-TEM or-la-TO et-pir-YO sha-LOSH sha-NEEM yih-YE la-KHEM a-re-LIM LO ye-a-KHEL

   when you come into the land and plant every tree for food and regard as forbidden its fruit its uncircumcision three years shall be for you uncircumcised be eaten not

Exegesis

The verse opens with the protasis introduced by vechi-tavo’u {וְכִי־תָבֹאוּ | wə-ḵî-tā-vō-’û} ‘and when you come’, establishing a conditional command.