2 Samuel 19:26:62 Sam.19.26.W6TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:27
כִּי־אָמַ֣ר
kiamar
“for he said”
- Transliteration
- KI-A-mar
- Extended
- KEE-AH-mahr
- IPA
- /kiː.ʔaˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- for he said
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KI-A-mar
- phraseyour reading level
KI-A-mar av-de-KHA
- clause
KI-A-mar av-de-KHA ekh-be-SHA-li ha-kha-MOR ve-er-KAV a-LE-ha ve-E-lekh ET-ha-ME-lekh KI fis-SE-akh av-DE-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-do-NI ha-ME-lekh av-DI rim-MA-ni KI-A-mar av-de-KHA ekh-be-SHA-li ha-kha-MOR ve-er-KAV a-LE-ha ve-E-lekh ET-ha-ME-lekh KI fis-SE-akh av-DE-kha
Exegesis
The first kî {כִּי | kî} clauses causally link rimmānî {רִמַּנִי | rimmānî} ‘deceived me’ to the nested quotation beginning with ’āmar ’avdekā {אָמַר עַבְדְּךָ | ’āmar ’ăḇdekā} ‘your servant said.’
Root and etymology
’-m-r
“to say”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:26
And he said, “My lord the king, my servant deceived me , for I said, ‘I will saddle the donkey for myself, ride on it, and go with the king,’ because your servant is lame .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 19:26, so the Hebrew word כִּי־אָמַ֣ר (kiamar) 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.19.26.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.26.W6.S1) and character.