Numbers 15:22:1Num.15.22.W1TAB
וְכִ֣י
vekhi
“But if”
- Transliteration
- ve-KHI
- Extended
- veh-KHIH
- IPA
- /vəˈxi/
Meaning by language
- English
- But 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-KHI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-KHI tish-GU
- clause
ve-KHI tish-GU ve-LO ta-a-SU ET kol-ha-mits-VOT ha-E-leh
- sentence
ve-KHI tish-GU ve-LO ta-a-SU ET kol-ha-mits-VOT ha-E-leh a-SHER-di-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh
Exegesis
The conditional particle vekhi {וְכִי | və-ḵî} ‘and when or if’ introduces the hypothetical scenario, specified by the imperfect verbs tishgu {תִשְׁגוּ | tišgû} ‘you err’ and taasu {תַעֲשׂוּ | ta‛ăśû} ‘you do,’ linked by velo {וְלֹא | və·lō} ‘and not.’
In context — Numbers 15:22
And when you err and do not perform all these commandments which the LORD commanded to Moses,
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 15:22, so the Hebrew word וְכִ֣י (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 Num.15.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.22.W1.S1) and character.