2 Kings 18:36:62 Kgs.18.36.W6TAB
כִּי־מִצְוַ֨ת
kimitsvat
“for command of”
- Transliteration
- KI-mits-VAT
- Extended
- KEE-mih-tsVAHT
- IPA
- /kiː.mitsˈvat/
Meaning by language
- English
- for command 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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
KI-mits-VAT
- phraseyour reading level
KI-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh HI
- clause
KI-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh HI le-MOR LO ta-a-NU-hu
- sentence
ve-he-khe-RI-shu ha-AM ve-LO-a-NU o-TO da-VAR KI-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh HI le-MOR LO ta-a-NU-hu
Exegesis
The causal clause ki-mitsvat hamelekh {כִּי־מִצְוַ֨ת הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ | kî-mits-vāṯ hā-me-leḵ} is introduced by the conjunction kî and features a construct chain in which the phrase mitsvat hamelekh functions as the subject, linked by the pronoun hi {הִ֛יא | hî} to the infinitive leemor {לֵאמֹר | lē-ʾê-môr}, marking reported speech.
In context — 2 Kings 18:36
But the people kept silent and did not answer him a word, because it was the command of the king, saying, “Do not answer him.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:36:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 18:36, so the Hebrew word כִּי־מִצְוַ֨ת (kimitsvat) 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 Kgs.18.36.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.36.W6.S1) and character.