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

Result
כִּ + רְא֨ + וֹת
kir + e + ot
kireot

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Tavt as in top

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Word in context

  1. word

    kir-e-OT

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-ye-HI kir-e-OT sa-RE ha-RE-khev

  3. 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

  4. 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 context1 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.