1 Kings 22:32:21 Kgs.22.32.W2TAB
כִּרְא֨וֹת
kireot
“when seeing”
- Transliteration
- kir-e-OT
- Extended
- kir-eh-OHT
- IPA
- /kirʔoˈʔoːt/
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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Word in context
- word
kir-e-OT
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI kir-e-OT sa-RE ha-RE-khev
- clause
va-ye-HI kir-e-OT sa-RE ha-RE-khev ET-ye-ho-sha-FAT ve-HE-ma AM-e-RU AKH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL HU va-yis-SU-ru a-LAV le-hil-la-KHEM
- sentence
va-ye-HI kir-e-OT sa-RE ha-RE-khev ET-ye-ho-sha-FAT ve-HE-ma AM-e-RU AKH ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL HU va-yis-SU-ru a-LAV le-hil-la-KHEM va-yiz-AK ye-ho-sha-FAT
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive marker vayhi {וַיְהִי | wayhî} ‘and it came to be,’ introducing a temporal clause kir’ot {כִּרְאוֹת | kîr’ôt} ‘when seeing,’ which frames the verb phrase modifying the subject sarey hareḵev {שָׂרֵי הָרֶכֶב | śārê hā-réḵev} ‘the chariot commanders.’
Root and etymology
Rootresh–aleph–he
“to see”
In context — 1 Kings 22:32
And it came to pass, when the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, “Surely this is the king of Israel.” Then they turned aside to attack him, and Jehoshaphat cried out .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 22:32:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 22:32, so the Hebrew word כִּרְא֨וֹת (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.22.32.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.22.32.W2.S1) and character.