Genesis 19:13:1Gen.19.13.W1TAB
כִּֽי־מַשְׁחִתִ֣ים
kimashkhitim
“for {we} are about to destroy”
- Transliteration
- ki-mash-khi-TIM
- Extended
- kee-mahsh-khee-TEEM
- IPA
- /kiː.maʃ.ħi.ˈtiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for {we} are about to destroy
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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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-mash-khi-TIM
- phraseyour reading level
ki-mash-khi-TIM a-NAKH-nu
- clause
ki-mash-khi-TIM a-NAKH-nu et-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZEH
- sentence
ki-mash-khi-TIM a-NAKH-nu et-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZEH ki-gad-LAH tsa-a-ka-TAM et-pe-NEI Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-shal-le-KHE-nu Ye-ho-VAH le-sha-kha-TAH
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conjunction ki {כִּֽי־ | kî} introducing the causal explanation for the judgment.
The Piel participle mashchitim {מַשְׁחִתִ֣ים | maš-ḥi-ṭîm} with the independent pronoun anachnu {אֲנַ֔חְנוּ | ʾă-naḥ-nû} creates an emphatic present-tense clause “we are destroying,” emphasizing the certainty of the action.
A second ki {כִּֽי־ | kî} clause states the reason: gadlah {גָּדְלָ֤ה | gā-ḏā-lāh} “has become great” describes the intensified state of tsaakatam {צַעֲקָתָם֙ | ṣa-ʿă-qā-ṯām} “their outcry,” which stands in construct with et-penei YHWH {אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה | ʾeṯ pə-nê Yə-hō-wāh}, an idiomatic expression for “before the presence of the LORD.”
Root and etymology
ש־ח־ת
“to destroy, ruin”
In context — Genesis 19:13
For we are destroying this place, because their outcry has become great before the presence of the LORD ; therefore the LORD has sent us to destroy it.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 19:13, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־מַשְׁחִתִ֣ים (kimashkhitim) 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 Gen.19.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.13.W1.S1) and character.