Numbers 19:14:4Num.19.14.W4TAB
כִּֽי־יָמ֣וּת
kiyamut
“when dies”
- Transliteration
- ki-ya-MUT
- Extended
- kee-yah-MOOT
- IPA
- /kijjaˈmuːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- when dies
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ki-ya-MUT
- phraseyour reading level
ki-ya-MUT be-O-hel
- clause
ZOT ha-to-RAH a-DAM ki-ya-MUT be-O-hel
- sentence
ZOT ha-to-RAH a-DAM ki-ya-MUT be-O-hel kol-ha-BA el-ha-O-hel ve-kol-a-SHER ba-O-hel yit-MA shiv-AT ya-MIM
Exegesis
The clause adam ki-yamut {אָדָם כִּי־יָמוּת | ʾādām kī-yā-mût} ‘a person when he dies’ introduces a protasis for a general legal provision.
In context — Numbers 19:14
This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent, and everyone already in the tent, will be unclean for seven days.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 19:14, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־יָמ֣וּת (kiyamut) 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.19.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.14.W4.S1) and character.