2 Samuel 19:32:102 Sam.19.32.W10TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:33
כִּי־אִ֛ישׁ
kiish
“for {he was} a man”
- Transliteration
- KI-ISH
- Extended
- KEE-EESH
- IPA
- /kiːˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for {he was} a man
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KI-ISH
- clause
ve-HU-KHIL-kal et-ha-ME-lekh be-shi-va-TO be-ma-kha-NA-yim KI-ISH ga-DOL HU me-OD
- sentence
u-var-zil-LAI za-KEN me-OD ben-she-mo-NIM sha-NA ve-HU-KHIL-kal et-ha-ME-lekh be-shi-va-TO be-ma-kha-NA-yim KI-ISH ga-DOL HU me-OD
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | ki} ‘for’ introduces a causal verbless clause in which ish gadol hu me’od {אִישׁ גָּדוֹל הוּא מְאֹד | ish ga-dol hu me-'od} ‘he was a very great man’ employs ish {אִישׁ | ish} ‘man’ as a predicate nominal.
Root and etymology
yod–shiny–sh
“man, person”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:32
Now Barzillai was very old, and he had provided provisions to the king during his stay in Mahanaim , for he was a very great man.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:32:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Samuel 19:32, so the Hebrew word כִּי־אִ֛ישׁ (kiish) 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.19.32.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.32.W10.S1) and character.