Jonah 4:8:2Jonah.4.8.W2TAB
כִּזְרֹ֣חַ
kizroakh
“when rising of”
- Transliteration
- ki-zro-AKH
- Extended
- kih-zroh-AKH
- IPA
- /kiz.roˈaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- when rising of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-zro-AKH
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ki-zro-AKH ha-she-MESH
- clause
va-ye-HI ki-zro-AKH ha-she-MESH va-ye-MAN e-lo-HIM RU-akh ka-DIM kha-ri-SHIT va-TAKH ha-she-MESH al-ROSH yo-NA va-yit-al-LAF
- sentence
va-ye-HI ki-zro-AKH ha-she-MESH va-ye-MAN e-lo-HIM RU-akh ka-DIM kha-ri-SHIT va-TAKH ha-she-MESH al-ROSH yo-NA va-yit-al-LAF va-yish-AL et-naf-SHO la-MUT va-yo-MER TOV mo-TI me-kha-YAI
Exegesis
The temporal phrase kizroach hashemesh {כִּזְרֹ֣חַ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ | kiz-rō-aḥ haš-še-meš} uses an infinitive construct after ki to set the time (“at the sun’s rising”).
In context — Jonah 4:8
And it happened, when the sun rose, that God appointed a scorching wind from the east, and the sun struck Jonah on the head so that he fainted. Then he asked for his life to die and said, “My death is better than my life.”
About this coordinate
Jonah 4:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Jonah 4:8, so the Hebrew word כִּזְרֹ֣חַ (kizroakh) 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 Jonah.4.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.4.8.W2.S1) and character.