Psalm 18:7:8Ps.18.7.W8TABWLC Psalms 18:8
כִּ֝י־חָ֥רָה
kikhara
“for was kindled in anger”
- Transliteration
- ki-KHA-ra
- Extended
- KEE-KHAA-rah
- IPA
- /vaj.jitˈɡaː.ʕaʃu/
Meaning by language
- English
- for was kindled in anger
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 | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ki-KHA-ra
- phraseyour reading level
va-yit-ga-a-SHU ki-KHA-ra
- clause
va-yit-ga-a-SHU ki-KHA-ra LO
- sentence
va-tig-ASH va-tir-ASH ha-A-retz u-mos-DEI ha-RIM yir-GA-zu va-yit-ga-a-SHU ki-KHA-ra LO
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי־ | kî} ‘because’ introduces the causal clause charah lo {חָרָה לוֹ | ḥā-rā lô} ‘he was angry with him’, where lo marks a dative of interest highlighting the divine emotional response. The shift from Qal to Hitpael verbs heightens the depiction of the earth under divine wrath and is rendered in English as two balanced clauses linked by a semicolon to preserve the Hebrew poetic rhythm.
Root and etymology
ח־ר־ה
“burn, be angry”
In context — Psalm 18:7
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the mountains also trembled and were shaken, because He was angry.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Psalm 18:7, so the Hebrew word כִּ֝י־חָ֥רָה (kikhara) 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.18.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.7.W8.S1) and character.