2 Chronicles 12:7:142 Chr.12.7.W14TAB
כִּמְעַט֙
kimat
“a little”
- Transliteration
- kim-AT
- Extended
- kihm-AT
- IPA
- /kimˈʕat/
Meaning by language
- English
- a little
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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Word in context
- word
kim-AT
- phraseyour reading level
ve-na-TI la-HEM kim-AT
- clause
ve-na-TI la-HEM kim-AT lif-le-TA ve-LO-tit-TAKH kha-ma-TI bi-ru-sha-LIM be-YAD-shi-SHAK
- sentence
u-vir-OT ye-ho-VAH KI nikh-na-U ha-YA de-var-ye-ho-VAH el-she-ma-YA le-MOR nikh-ne-U LO ash-khi-TEM ve-na-TI la-HEM kim-AT lif-le-TA ve-LO-tit-TAKH kha-ma-TI bi-ru-sha-LIM be-YAD-shi-SHAK
Exegesis
The idiom kimat lifleitah {כִּמְעַט לִפְלֵיטָה | kim-‘aṭ liph-lê-î-ṯâ} conveys a limited deliverance, preserved in translation by “small measure of deliverance” (formal) and “some escape” (dynamic).
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:7
And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves , the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but I will give them a small measure of deliverance, and My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:7:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 12:7, so the Hebrew word כִּמְעַט֙ (kimat) 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 2 Chr.12.7.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.7.W14.S1) and character.