Judges 21:15:4Judg.21.15.W4TAB
כִּֽי־עָשָׂ֧ה
kiasa
“because he had made”
- Transliteration
- KI-a-SA
- Extended
- KEE-ah-SAA
- IPA
- /kiː.ʕaˈsɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- because he had made
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' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KI-a-SA
- phraseyour reading level
KI-a-SA Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KI-a-SA Ye-ho-VAH PE-rets be-shiv-TEI yis-re-EL
- sentence
ve-ha-AM ni-KHAM le-vin-ya-MIN KI-a-SA Ye-ho-VAH PE-rets be-shiv-TEI yis-re-EL
Exegesis
The causal conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} introduces asah YHWH {עָשָׂה יְהוָה | ʿā-śāh Yə-hō-wāh} ‘the LORD made,’ where asah {עָשָׂה | ʿā-śāh} is a Qal perfect denoting completed divine action.
Root and etymology
ʿ-sh-hayin–shin–heh
“to do, make”
In context — Judges 21:15
And the people were grieved for Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 21:15, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־עָשָׂ֧ה (kiasa) 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.21.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.15.W4.S1) and character.