1 Kings 19:2:101 Kgs.19.2.W10TAB
כִּֽי־כָעֵ֤ת
kikhaet
“for at this time”
- Transliteration
- ki-kha-ET
- Extended
- KEE-khaa-EET
- IPA
- /kiː.xaːˈʕeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- for at this time
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-kha-ET
- phraseyour reading level
ki-kha-ET ma-KHAR
- clause
ko-ya-a-SUN e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-si-FUN ki-kha-ET ma-KHAR a-SIM et-naf-she-KHA ke-NE-fesh a-KHAD me-HEM
- sentence
va-tish-LAKH i-ze-VEL mal-EKH el-e-li-YA-hu le-MOR ko-ya-a-SUN e-lo-HIM ve-KHO yo-si-FUN ki-kha-ET ma-KHAR a-SIM et-naf-she-KHA ke-NE-fesh a-KHAD me-HEM
Exegesis
The temporal clause kî-kā-‘êt mā-ḥār ’ā-šîm {כִּֽי־כָעֵ֤ת מָחָר אָשִׂים | kî-kā-ʿêt mā-ḥār ʾā-šîm} establishes the deadline.
In context — 1 Kings 19:2
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods do so to me, and may they add more, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 19:2, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־כָעֵ֤ת (kikhaet) 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.19.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.2.W10.S1) and character.