1 Chronicles 22:4:51 Chr.22.4.W5TAB
כִּֽי־הֵ֠בִיאוּ
kiheviu
“for they brought”
- Transliteration
- ki-HE-vi-U
- Extended
- kih-HEH-vee-OO
- IPA
- /kiː.heːˈviːʔuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for they brought
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-HE-vi-U
- clause
ki-HE-vi-U ha-tsi-do-NIM ve-ha-tso-RIM a-TSAY a-ra-ZIM la-ROV le-da-VID
- sentence
va-a-TSAY a-ra-ZIM le-EN mis-PAR ki-HE-vi-U ha-tsi-do-NIM ve-ha-tso-RIM a-TSAY a-ra-ZIM la-ROV le-da-VID
Exegesis
The causal clause kî-hevi’u ha-tsidonim wə-ha-ṣorim {כִּי-הֵבִיאוּ הַצִּידֹנִים וְהַצֹּרִים | kî-hê-vî-ʾû ha-ṣî-ḏō-nîm wə-ṣō-rîm} ‘because the Sidonians and the Tyrians brought’ marks Phoenician city-states as providers.
Root and etymology
b-w-ʾbet–vav–aleph
“to bring”
In context — 1 Chronicles 22:4
Cedar wood was beyond counting, for the Sidonians and the Tyrians brought large amounts of cedar to David .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 22:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 22:4, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־הֵ֠בִיאוּ (kiheviu) 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 1 Chr.22.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.4.W5.S1) and character.