1 Kings 14:5:121 Kgs.14.5.W12TAB

כִּֽי־חֹלֶ֣ה

kikhole

for he is sick

Transliteration
ki-kho-LE
Extended
KEE-khoh-LEH
IPA
/kiːħoˈlɛ/

Meaning by language

English
for he is sick

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
כִּֽי + חֹ + לֶ֣ה
ki + kho + le
kikhole

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ki-kho-LE

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ki-kho-LE HU

  3. clause

    va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR el-a-khi-YA-hu hin-NE E-shet ya-rav-AM ba-A lid-ROSH da-VAR me-im-ME-kha el-be-NA ki-kho-LE HU ka-ZO ve-kha-ZE te-dab-BER e-LE-ha

  4. sentence

    va-ye-ho-VAH a-MAR el-a-khi-YA-hu hin-NE E-shet ya-rav-AM ba-A lid-ROSH da-VAR me-im-ME-kha el-be-NA ki-kho-LE HU ka-ZO ve-kha-ZE te-dab-BER e-LE-ha vi-ye-HI khe-vo-A ve-hi mit-na-ke-RA

Exegesis

The clause kicholeh {כִּֽי־חֹלֶ֣ה | kî-ḥōle} gives the reason.

Root and etymology

ḥ-l-hḥet–lamed–heh

to be weak, grow ill

In context1 Kings 14:5

The LORD said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you about her son, for he is ill; thus and thus you shall say to her. And it shall be, when she comes in, that she will disguise herself.”

About this coordinate

1 Kings 14:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 14:5, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־חֹלֶ֣ה (kikhole) 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 Kgs.14.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.5.W12.S1) and character.