Judges 14:11:2Judg.14.11.W2TAB
כִּרְאוֹתָ֣ם
kihreotam
“when they saw”
- Transliteration
- kih-re-o-TAM
- Extended
- kih-reh-oh-TAAM
- IPA
- /kir.ʔoːˈtɔːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- when they saw
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
kih-re-o-TAM
- phraseyour reading level
kih-re-o-TAM o-TO
- clause
va-ye-HI kih-re-o-TAM o-TO
- sentence
va-ye-HI kih-re-o-TAM o-TO va-yik-KHU she-lo-SHIM me-re-IM va-yih-YU i-TO
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּ | kî} ‘when’ plus the infinitive reotam {רְאוֹתָ֣ם | rə-’ō-ṯām} ‘to see’ form a circumstantial temporal clause indicating the occasion.
In context — Judges 14:11
And it happened that when they saw him, they brought thirty companions, and they were with him.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 14:11, so the Hebrew word כִּרְאוֹתָ֣ם (kihreotam) 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 Judg.14.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.11.W2.S1) and character.