Psalm 18:27:1Ps.18.27.W1TABWLC Psalms 18:28
כִּ֤י־אַ֥תָּה עַֽם־עָנִ֥י תוֹשִׁ֑יעַ
kiatta amani toshia
“For you save a humble people”
- Transliteration
- KI-AT-ta AM-a-NI to-SHI-a
- Extended
- KEE-AT-tah AAM-aa-NEE toh-SHEE-ah
- IPA
- /kiː-ʔatˈta ʕam-ʕaˈniː toˈʃiːaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- For you save a humble people
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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Word in context
- word
KI-AT-ta AM-a-NI to-SHI-a
- sentence
KI-AT-ta AM-a-NI to-SHI-a ve-EI-na-yim ra-MOT tash-PIL
Exegesis
The verse opens with the causal conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} ‘for’ introducing the reason for divine response.
The direct address ’attā {אַתָּה | ʾattā} ‘you’ emphasizes God’s agency.
The construct phrase ’am ’ānî {עַם־עָנִי | ʿam–ʿānî} ‘people afflicted’ binds “people” with “afflicted” to denote a collective of the humble.
The paired Hifil imperfect verbs tôšîaʿ {תוֹשִׁיעַ | tôšîʿa} ‘you save’ and tašpîl {תַּשְׁפִּיל | tašpîl} ‘you bring low’ form chiastic parallelism illustrating reversal: salvation for the lowly and humiliation for the proud.
Root and etymology
ע־נ־ה
“to be afflicted, humble”
In context — Psalm 18:27
For You save the afflicted , but You bring down the proud gaze.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Psalm 18:27, so the Hebrew word כִּ֤י־אַ֥תָּה עַֽם־עָנִ֥י תוֹשִׁ֑יעַ (kiatta amani toshia) 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 Ps.18.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.27.W1.S1) and character.