Judges 20:3:4Judg.20.3.W4TAB
כִּֽי־עָל֥וּ
kialu
“that they went up”
- Transliteration
- ki-a-LU
- Extended
- KEE-aa-LOO
- IPA
- /kiː.ʕaˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that they went up
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ki-a-LU
- phraseyour reading level
ki-a-LU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yish-me-U be-NE bin-ya-MIN ki-a-LU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL ham-mits-PA
- sentence
va-yish-me-U be-NE bin-ya-MIN ki-a-LU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL ham-mits-PA va-yo-me-RU be-NE yis-ra-EL dab-be-RU e-KHA nih-ye-TA ha-ra-A haz-ZOT
Exegesis
The conjunction ki-‘ā-lû {כִּֽי־עָל֥וּ | kî-‛ā-lû} introduces a reported perfect clause indicating that the sons of Israel ascended to the place named by hamitspah {הַמִּצְפָּה | ham-mits-pāh}.
In context — Judges 20:3
And the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah . Then the sons of Israel said, “Speak! How did this evil take place?”
About this coordinate
Judges 20:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 20:3, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־עָל֥וּ (kialu) 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.20.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.3.W4.S1) and character.