Genesis 43:21:2Gen.43.21.W2TAB
כִּי־בָ֣אנוּ
kivanu
“when we came”
- Transliteration
- ki-VA-nu
- Extended
- kee-VAA-noo
- IPA
- /kiː.ˈvaːʔ.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- when we 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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ki-VA-nu
- phraseyour reading level
ki-VA-nu el-ha-ma-LON
- clause
va-ye-HI ki-VA-nu el-ha-ma-LON va-nif-te-KHA et-am-te-kho-TEI-nu ve-hin-NEH ke-sef-ISH be-FI am-takh-TO kas-PE-nu be-mish-ka-LO
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-VA-nu el-ha-ma-LON va-nif-te-KHA et-am-te-kho-TEI-nu ve-hin-NEH ke-sef-ISH be-FI am-takh-TO kas-PE-nu be-mish-ka-LO va-NA-shev o-TO be-ya-DE-nu
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} with vanu {בָ֣אנוּ | bā-ʾnû} forms a temporal clause “when we came to the lodging place.”
In context — Genesis 43:21
And it happened that when we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks, and behold, each man’s silver was in the mouth of his sack—our silver in its weight ; so we brought it back in our hand .
About this coordinate
Genesis 43:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Genesis 43:21, so the Hebrew word כִּי־בָ֣אנוּ (kivanu) 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.43.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.43.21.W2.S1) and character.