Proverbs 24:12:1Prov.24.12.W1TAB

כִּֽי־תֹאמַ֗ר

kitomar

For you say

Transliteration
ki-TO-mar
Extended
kee-TOH-mahr
IPA
/kiː.tɔˈʔaː.mar/

Meaning by language

English
For you say

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
כִּֽי + תֹא + מַ֗ר
ki + to + mar
kitomar

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tavt as in top
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ki-TO-mar

  2. clause

    ki-TO-mar HEN lo-ya-DA-e-nu

  3. sentence

    ki-TO-mar HEN lo-ya-DA-e-nu ZE ha-lo-TO-khen li-BOT hu-ya-VIN ve-no-TSER NA-fe-she-kha HU ye-DA ve-he-SHIV le-a-DAM ke-fa-a-LO

Exegesis

The verse begins with the conditional conjunction ki {כִּי | kî}, introducing the protasis “if you say,” followed by direct speech marked by the interjection hen {הֵן | hēn} “behold.”

In contextProverbs 24:12

If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not He who weighs hearts understand? And He who guards your soul —does He not know? And will He not repay each person according to his work?

About this coordinate

Proverbs 24:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 24:12, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־תֹאמַ֗ר (kitomar) 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 Prov.24.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.12.W1.S1) and character.