Numbers 22:32:15Num.22.32.W15TAB
כִּֽי־יָרַ֥ט
kiyarat
“because is perverse”
- Transliteration
- ki-ya-RAT
- Extended
- kee-yah-RAHT
- IPA
- /kiː.jaˈrat/
Meaning by language
- English
- because is perverse
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tet | t — emphatic |
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Word in context
- word
ki-ya-RAT
- phraseyour reading level
ki-ya-RAT ha-DE-rekh
- clause
hi-NEH a-no-KHI ya-TSA-ti le-sa-TAN ki-ya-RAT ha-DE-rekh le-neg-DI
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAV mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH al-MAH hi-KI-ta et-a-to-NKHA ze sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM hi-NEH a-no-KHI ya-TSA-ti le-sa-TAN ki-ya-RAT ha-DE-rekh le-neg-DI
Exegesis
The causal conjunction kî-yāraṭ {כִּֽי־יָרַ֥ט | kî-yāraṭ} ‘because it has become perverse’ links to had·derek lĕnĕḡdî {הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ לְנֶגְדִּיֽ | had·derek lĕnĕḡdî} ‘the way before me’, explaining the angel’s purpose. The Hebrew verb–subject–object order is preserved in part, and the English translation renders the clauses in SVO order to maintain clarity and emphasis.
Root and etymology
y-r-t
“to swerve, go astray”
In context — Numbers 22:32
The angel of the LORD said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary because the way has become perverse before me.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:32:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 22:32, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־יָרַ֥ט (kiyarat) 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 Num.22.32.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.32.W15.S1) and character.