2 Samuel 18:20:172 Sam.18.20.W17TAB
כִּֽי־עַל
kial
“because of”
- Transliteration
- KI-al
- Extended
- KEE-ahl
- IPA
- /kiː.ʕal/
Meaning by language
- English
- because of
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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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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Word in context
- word
KI-al
- phraseyour reading level
KI-al KEN ben-ha-ME-lekh
- clause
ve-ha-YOM ha-ZE LO te-va-SER KI-al KEN ben-ha-ME-lekh MET
- sentence
va-yo-MER LO yo-AV LO ISH be-so-RA a-TA ha-YOM ha-ZE u-vi-sar-TA be-YOM a-KHER ve-ha-YOM ha-ZE LO te-va-SER KI-al KEN ben-ha-ME-lekh MET
Exegesis
The causal connector kî ʿal-kên {כִּי עַל־כֵּן | kî ʿal-kên} ‘because therefore’ introduces the reason: benn hamméleḵ mēṯ {בֶּן־הַמֶּלֶךְ מֵת | benn hamméleḵ mēṯ} ‘the king’s son has died’. The English preserves the Hebrew’s forceful structure by maintaining the repetition and clear cause-effect relation.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:20
And Joab said, “You are not a bearer of news this day, and you shall bring news on another day; but today you shall not bring news because the king’s son is dead.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:20:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Samuel 18:20, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־עַל (kial) 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.18.20.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.20.W17.S1) and character.