Judges 14:4:8Judg.14.4.W8TAB
כִּי־תֹאֲנָ֥ה
kitoana
“that an occasion”
- Transliteration
- ki-TO-a-na
- Extended
- kee-TOH-ah-nah
- IPA
- /kiː.toː.ʔăˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that an occasion
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 | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ki-TO-a-na
- phraseyour reading level
ki-TO-a-na HU-me-vak-KESH
- clause
ve-a-VIV ve-i-MO LO ya-de-U KI me-ye-ho-VAH HI ki-TO-a-na HU-me-vak-KESH mip-pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
ve-a-VIV ve-i-MO LO ya-de-U KI me-ye-ho-VAH HI ki-TO-a-na HU-me-vak-KESH mip-pe-lish-TIM u-va-ET ha-HI pe-lish-TIM mo-she-LIM be-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
A kî-to‘ănâ {כִּי־תֹאֲנָה | kî-ṭō-‘ă-nāh} clause (‘for an occasion’) uses a maqqef to link cause to purpose, leading into the Piel participial clause hû’-mĕvaqqēš {הוּא־מְבַקֵּשׁ | hû’-mə-bā-qē-š} ‘he is seeking’, emphasizing ongoing divine action.
Root and etymology
Rootʿayin–nun–he
“occasion, cause”
In context — Judges 14:4
But his father and his mother did not know that it was from the LORD , for He was seeking an occasion against the Philistines; and at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 14:4, so the Hebrew word כִּי־תֹאֲנָ֥ה (kitoana) 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.14.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.4.W8.S1) and character.