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
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ki-TO-mar
- clause
ki-TO-mar HEN lo-ya-DA-e-nu
- 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 context — Proverbs 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.