2 Chronicles 18:32:22 Chr.18.32.W2TAB
כִּרְאוֹת֙
kirot
“when seeing”
- Transliteration
- kir-OT
- Extended
- kihr-OHT
- IPA
- /kirˈʔoːt/
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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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The word
Word in context
- word
kir-OT
- clause
va-ye-HI kir-OT sa-RE ha-RE-khev KI lo-HA-ya ME-lekh yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-HI kir-OT sa-RE ha-RE-khev KI lo-HA-ya ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-ya-SHU-vu me-a-kha-RAV
Exegesis
The temporal infinitive kirʾot {כִּרְאוֹת֙ | kî-rʾôṯ} ‘when seeing’ introduces the construct pair sarei harekhev {שָׂרֵ֣י הָרֶכֶב֔ | sarê hā-rē-kheḇ} ‘commanders of the chariot’.
Root and etymology
r-ʾ-hresh–aleph–heh
“to see”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:32
When the commanders of the chariot saw that he was not the king of Israel, they stopped pursuing him and turned back .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:32:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 18:32, so the Hebrew word כִּרְאוֹת֙ (kirot) 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.18.32.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.32.W2.S1) and character.