1 Kings 18:17:21 Kgs.18.17.W2TAB
כִּרְא֥וֹת
kireot
“when seeing”
- Transliteration
- ki-re-OT
- Extended
- kih-reh-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 | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
ki-re-OT
- phraseyour reading level
ki-re-OT akh-AV
- clause
va-ye-HI ki-re-OT akh-AV et-e-lee-YA-hu
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-re-OT akh-AV et-e-lee-YA-hu va-yo-MER akh-AV e-LAV ha-a-TA ZE o-KHER yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
It is followed by the temporal infinitive kir’ot {כִּרְא֥וֹת | qirr’ôt} ‘as seeing,’ indicating simultaneous action when Ahab perceived Elijah.
In context — 1 Kings 18:17
And it happened when Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is it you, the troubler of Israel?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 18:17, so the Hebrew word כִּרְא֥וֹת (kireot) 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.18.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.17.W2.S1) and character.