2 Samuel 16:11:122 Sam.16.11.W12TAB
כִּֽי־עַתָּ֜ה
kiata
“surely now”
- Transliteration
- ki-a-TA
- Extended
- kee-ah-TAH
- IPA
- /kiː.ʕatˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- surely now
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ki-a-TA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-AF ki-a-TA
- clause
ve-AF ki-a-TA ben-ha-ye-mi-NI ha-NI-khu LO vi-kal-LEL KI a-MAR-lo ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-a-vi-SHAI ve-el-kol-a-va-DAIV hi-NE ve-NI a-sher-ya-TSA mi-ME-ai me-vak-KESH et-naf-SHI ve-AF ki-a-TA ben-ha-ye-mi-NI ha-NI-khu LO vi-kal-LEL KI a-MAR-lo ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The comparative ve’af ki atah {וְאַף כִּי־עַתָּה | wə-ʾap kî-ʿa-tāh} ‘and now if even’ contrasts this kinship with ben-haymini {בֶּן־הַיְמִינִי | ben-ha-yə-mî-nî} ‘the Benjamite’.
In context — 2 Samuel 16:11
And David said to Abishai and to all his servants , “Behold, my son who came forth from my own body is seeking my life; how much more now this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse, for the LORD has told him to do so.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 16:11, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־עַתָּ֜ה (kiata) 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 Sam.16.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.11.W12.S1) and character.