Hosea 13:2:8Hos.13.2.W8TAB
כִּתְבוּנָ֣ם
kitvunam
“according to their understanding or design”
- Transliteration
- kit-vu-NAM
- Extended
- kiht-voo-NAHM
- IPA
- /kit.vuːˈnaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- according to their understanding or design
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kit-vu-NAM
- phraseyour reading level
kit-vu-NAM a-tsa-BIM
- clause
ve-a-TA po-si-FU la-kha-TO va-ya-A-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA mi-kas-PAM kit-vu-NAM a-tsa-BIM ma-a-SE kha-ra-SHIM ku-LO la-HEM
- sentence
ve-a-TA po-si-FU la-kha-TO va-ya-A-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA mi-kas-PAM kit-vu-NAM a-tsa-BIM ma-a-SE kha-ra-SHIM ku-LO la-HEM HEM o-me-RIM zov-KHE a-DAM a-ga-LIM yi-sha-KUN
Exegesis
The wayyiqtol wayya`asu {וַיַּעֲשׂוּ | way-ya-ʿă-śū} then narrates the outcome: deliberate fabrication of a massekah {מַסֵּכָה | mas-sē-ḵāh}, specified by two prepositional phrases—mikkaspam {מִכַּסְפָּם | mik-kas-pām} ‘from their silver’ and kitvunam {כִּתְבוּנָם | kit-vū-nām} ‘according to their design’—highlighting self-reliance rather than divine command.
In context — Hosea 13:2
And now they keep adding to sin , and they make for themselves a cast image from their silver, according to their own design—idols, all of it the work of craftsmen . They say, “Let those who sacrifice humans kiss calves.”
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Hosea 13:2, so the Hebrew word כִּתְבוּנָ֣ם (kitvunam) 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 Hos.13.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.2.W8.S1) and character.