1 Kings 18:45:51 Kgs.18.45.W5TAB
הִֽתְקַדְּרוּ֙
hitkadderu
“became dark or grew black”
- Transliteration
- hit-kad-de-RU
- Extended
- hihth-kahd-deh-ROO
- IPA
- /hiθ.qad.dəˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- became dark or grew black
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hit-kad-de-RU
- clause
va-ye-HI ad-KO ve-ad-KO ve-ha-sha-MA-yim hit-kad-de-RU a-VIM ve-RU-akh va-ye-HI GE-shem ga-DOL
- sentence
va-ye-HI ad-KO ve-ad-KO ve-ha-sha-MA-yim hit-kad-de-RU a-VIM ve-RU-akh va-ye-HI GE-shem ga-DOL va-yir-KAV akh-AV va-YE-lekh yiz-re-e-LA
Exegesis
The heavens, ve-ha-shamayim {וְהַשָּׁמַיִם | vē-ha-šā-ma-yim}, serve as the subject of the Hitpael verb hitkadru {הִתְקַדְּרוּ | hit-ka-dər-rū} ‘became dark’, which conveys reflexive gathering of clouds.
In context — 1 Kings 18:45
And it happened, meanwhile, that the heavens became dark with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain ; and Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:45:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 18:45, so the Hebrew word הִֽתְקַדְּרוּ֙ (hitkadderu) 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.18.45.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.45.W5.S1) and character.