Isaiah 36:21:5Isa.36.21.W5TAB

כִּֽי־מִצְוַ֨ת

kimitsvat

“for command of”

Transliteration: ki-mits-VAT
Extended: kih-mits-VAHT
IPA: /kiː.mitsˈvat/

Meaning by language

English: for command of

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

כִּֽי + מִצְ + וַ֨ת

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ki + mits + vat

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kimitsvat

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
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Tsade	ts as in cats
	Sheva	silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Tav	t as in top

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
ki-mits-VAT
phraseyour reading level
ki-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh HI
clause
ki-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh HI le-MOR LO ta-a-NU-hu
sentence
va-ya-kha-ri-SHU ve-LO-a-NU o-TO da-VAR ki-mits-VAT ha-ME-lekh HI le-MOR LO ta-a-NU-hu

Exegesis

The causal nexus ki-mitzwât {כִּֽי־מִצְוַ֨ת | kî-miṣwâṯ} ‘for the command’ attributes the silence to royal authority, signaled by hammeleḵ {הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ | hammeleḵ} ‘the king’.

In context — Isaiah 36:21

But they kept silent and did not answer him a word, for the king’s command was, saying, “Do not answer him.”

About this coordinate

Isaiah 36:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Isaiah 36:21, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־מִצְוַ֨ת (kimitsvat) 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.36.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.36.21.W5.S1) and character.

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