2 Chronicles 32:2:32 Chr.32.2.W3TAB
כִּי־בָ֖א
kiva
“that he had come”
- Transliteration
- ki-VA
- Extended
- KEE-VAA
- IPA
- /kiːˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that he had come
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
ki-VA
- clause
va-YAR ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ki-VA san-khe-RIV
- sentence
va-YAR ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu ki-VA san-khe-RIV u-fa-NAV lam-mil-kha-MA al-ye-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} introduces the causal observation.
The clause ba sennacherib {בָ֖א סַנְחֵרִ֑יב | bāʼ sanḥērîḇ} ‘Sennacherib came’ situates the Assyrian arrival.
In context — 2 Chronicles 32:2
And Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that his face was set for war against Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 32:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 32:2, so the Hebrew word כִּי־בָ֖א (kiva) 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.32.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.32.2.W3.S1) and character.