1 Kings 16:18:21 Kgs.16.18.W2TAB
כִּרְא֤וֹת
kirot
“when seeing”
- Transliteration
- kir-OT
- Extended
- kir-OHT
- IPA
- /kirˈʔoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- when seeing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kir-OT
- phraseyour reading level
kir-OT zim-RI
- clause
va-ye-HI kir-OT zim-RI ki-nil-ke-DA ha-IR va-ya-BO el-ar-MON bet-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ye-HI kir-OT zim-RI ki-nil-ke-DA ha-IR va-ya-BO el-ar-MON bet-ha-ME-lekh va-yis-ROF a-LAV et-bet-ME-lekh ba-ESH va-ya-MOT
Exegesis
The infinitive construct kîrʾôt {כִּרְא֤וֹת | kîrʾôṯ} introduces a temporal clause marking Zimri’s reaction to the city’s capture.
In context — 1 Kings 16:18
And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the royal palace and burned it over himself with fire, and he died.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 16:18, so the Hebrew word כִּרְא֤וֹת (kirot) 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.16.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.18.W2.S1) and character.