2 Chronicles 22:4:72 Chr.22.4.W7TAB
כִּי־הֵ֜מָּה
kihema
“for they”
- Transliteration
- ki-HE-ma
- Extended
- kih-HEE-maa
- IPA
- /kiːˈheːm.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for they
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ki-HE-ma
- clause
ki-HE-ma ha-YU-lo yo-a-tsim a-kha-RE MOT a-VIV le-mash-KHIT LO
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH ke-VEIT a-kh-AV ki-HE-ma ha-YU-lo yo-a-tsim a-kha-RE MOT a-VIV le-mash-KHIT LO
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} introduces the causal clause hemmāh hayu-lo yo‘atzim {הֵ֜מָּה הָֽיוּ־ל֣וֹ יוֹעֲצִ֗ים | hêm-māh hā-yū’-lô yô-‘ă-ṣîm} “they were his counselors.”
In context — 2 Chronicles 22:4
And he did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD , just as the house of Ahab did, because after his father’s death they became his counselors, bringing him to his ruin .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 22:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 22:4, so the Hebrew word כִּי־הֵ֜מָּה (kihema) 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.22.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.22.4.W7.S1) and character.