1 Kings 20:6:21 Kgs.20.6.W2TAB
אִם־כָּעֵ֣ת
imkaet
“surely about this time”
- Transliteration
- im-ka-ET
- Extended
- ihm-kaa-EET
- IPA
- /ʔim.kaˈʕeːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- surely about this time
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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
im-ka-ET
- phraseyour reading level
KI im-ka-ET ma-KHAR
- clause
KI im-ka-ET ma-KHAR e-she-LAKH et-a-va-DAI e-LE-kha ve-khip-pe-SU et-BET-kha ve-ET ba-TE a-va-DE-kha
- sentence
KI im-ka-ET ma-KHAR e-she-LAKH et-a-va-DAI e-LE-kha ve-khip-pe-SU et-BET-kha ve-ET ba-TE a-va-DE-kha ve-ha-YA kol-makh-MAD e-NE-kha ya-SI-mu be-ya-DAM ve-la-KHU
Exegesis
The temporal phrase im-kā‘êṯ māḥār {אִם־כָּעֵת מָחָר | ʾim-kā‘êṯ māḥār} ‘about this time tomorrow’ fixes the earliest point of action.
In context — 1 Kings 20:6
Nevertheless, about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants. And everything precious in your eyes they will place in their hand and carry it away.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 20:6, so the Hebrew word אִם־כָּעֵ֣ת (imkaet) 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.20.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.6.W2.S1) and character.