1 Samuel 20:17:71 Sam.20.17.W7TAB
כִּֽי־אַהֲבַ֥ת
kiahavat
“for love of”
- Transliteration
- ki-a-ha-VAT
- Extended
- KEE-ah-hah-VAT
- IPA
- /kiːʔaːhăˈvat/
Meaning by language
- English
- for love of
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
ki-a-ha-VAT
- phraseyour reading level
ki-a-ha-VAT naf-SHO
- clause
ki-a-ha-VAT naf-SHO a-HE-VO
- sentence
va-yo-SEF ye-ho-na-TAN le-hash-bi-A et-da-VID be-a-ha-va-TO o-TO ki-a-ha-VAT naf-SHO a-HE-VO
Exegesis
The conjunction kî {כִּי־ | kî} introduces a causal clause with the verb ’āhēḇ {אָהֵב | ’āhēḇ} ‘to love’ and pronoun hū’ {הוּא | hūʼ} ‘he’, and the preposition lōw {לוֹ | lōw} ‘to him’ attaches to the pronoun.
Root and etymology
aleph-heh-betaleph–he–bet
“to love”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:17
And Jonathan made David swear again, because he loved him as he loved his own soul .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 20:17, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־אַהֲבַ֥ת (kiahavat) 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 Sam.20.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.17.W7.S1) and character.