Isaiah 22:16:6Isa.22.16.W6TAB
כִּֽי־חָצַ֧בְתָּ
kikhatsavta
“that you cut out”
- Transliteration
- ki-kha-TSAV-ta
- Extended
- kee-khaa-TSAV-tah
- IPA
- /kiː.ħaˈtsav.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that you cut out
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-kha-TSAV-ta
- phraseyour reading level
ki-kha-TSAV-ta le-KHA
- clause
ma-le-KHA PO u-MI le-KHA PO ki-kha-TSAV-ta le-KHA PO ka-VER
- sentence
ma-le-KHA PO u-MI le-KHA PO ki-kha-TSAV-ta le-KHA PO ka-VER kho-tse-VI ma-ROM kiv-RO kho-kki va-SE-la mish-KAN LO
Exegesis
The conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} introduces the causal clause chatzavtā {חָצַבְתָּ | ḥā-ṣav-tā} ‘you have hewn’.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–tsade–bet
“to cut, hew, carve”
In context — Isaiah 22:16
“What are you doing here, and who is here for you, that you have hewn for yourself a sepulchre here, as one who hews on high his own tomb and engraves for himself a dwelling in the rock?”
About this coordinate
Isaiah 22:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 22:16, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־חָצַ֧בְתָּ (kikhatsavta) 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 Isa.22.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.16.W6.S1) and character.