2 Samuel 19:25:22 Sam.19.25.W2TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:26
כִּֽי־בָ֥א
kiva
“that he came”
- Transliteration
- KI-VA
- Extended
- KEE-VAA
- IPA
- /ˈkiː.vaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that he came
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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The word
Word in context
- word
KI-VA
- phraseyour reading level
KI-VA ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- clause
va-ye-HI KI-VA ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lik-RAT ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ye-HI KI-VA ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lik-RAT ha-ME-lekh va-YO-mer LO ha-ME-lekh LA-ma LO-ha-LAKH-ta IM-MI me-fi-VO-shet
Exegesis
The temporal clause kîbā {כִּי־בָא | kî·bā} ‘when he came’ links to the purpose infinitive construct liq·rā·ṯ {לִקְרַאת | liq·rā·ṯ} ‘to meet’ the king (ham·mē·leḵ {הַמֶּלֶךְ | ham·mē·leḵ}).
In context — 2 Samuel 19:25
And when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, “Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:25:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 19:25, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־בָ֥א (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 Sam.19.25.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.25.W2.S1) and character.