Judges 15:3:7Judg.15.3.W7TAB
כִּֽי־עֹשֶׂ֥ה
kiose
“when I do”
- Transliteration
- ki-O-se
- Extended
- KEE-oh-SEH
- IPA
- /kiː.ʕoˈsɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- when I do
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ki-O-se
- phraseyour reading level
ki-O-se a-NI
- clause
ki-O-se a-NI im-MAM ra-A
- sentence
va-yo-MER la-HEM shim-sHON ni-KEI-ti ha-PA-am mi-pe-lish-TIM ki-O-se a-NI im-MAM ra-A
Exegesis
The conjunction kî with the Qal participle kî-ʿōśeh {כִּֽי־עֹשֶׂ֥ה | kî-ʿōśeh} introduces a temporal clause (‘when I act’), framing the condition under which his innocence holds.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ–ś–h
“to do, make”
In context — Judges 15:3
And Samson said to them, “This time I am blameless toward the Philistines, even if I inflict harm upon them.”
About this coordinate
Judges 15:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 15:3, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־עֹשֶׂ֥ה (kiose) 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.15.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.3.W7.S1) and character.