1 Kings 20:5:71 Kgs.20.5.W7TAB
כִּֽי־שָׁלַ֤חְתִּי
kishalakhti
“that I sent”
- Transliteration
- ki-sha-la-KHti
- Extended
- kee-shah-lah-KHtee
- IPA
- /kiː.ʃaːˈlaħ.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that I sent
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 | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-sha-la-KHti
- phraseyour reading level
ki-sha-la-KHti e-LE-kha
- clause
ki-sha-la-KHti e-LE-kha le-MOR kas-pe-KHA u-ze-hav-KHA ve-na-SHE-kha u-va-NE-kha LI ti-TEN
- sentence
va-ya-SHU-vu ha-mal-a-KHIM va-yo-me-RU ko-a-MAR ben-ha-DAD le-MOR ki-sha-la-KHti e-LE-kha le-MOR kas-pe-KHA u-ze-hav-KHA ve-na-SHE-kha u-va-NE-kha LI ti-TEN
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces the content of the envoy’s message as a declarative “that I sent you saying.” The cumulative pronominal suffixes on kaspecha, uzehavkha, venashecha, and uvanekha build rhetorical intensity in listing the demanded items.
Root and etymology
sh-l-ḥshin–lamed–chet
“to send, dispatch”
In context — 1 Kings 20:5
And the messengers returned and said, “Thus says Ben-Hadad : ‘I sent word to you, saying, “You shall give me your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.”’”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 20:5, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־שָׁלַ֤חְתִּי (kishalakhti) 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.20.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.5.W7.S1) and character.