Genesis 44:34:1Gen.44.34.W1PAT
כִּי־אֵיךְ֙
kiekh
“for how”
- Transliteration
- ki-EKH
- Extended
- kee-EEKH
- IPA
- /kiː.ˈʔeːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- for how
- French
- car comment
- Spanish
- pues cómo
- Portuguese
- pois como
- German
- denn wie
- Russian
- ибо как
- Arabic-Simplified
- فَكَيْفَ
- Hindi
- क्योंकर
- Chinese-Simplified
- 怎能
- Korean
- 어찌
- Indonesian
- sebab bagaimana
- Bengali
- কারণ কীভাবে
- Tagalog
- sapagkat paano
- Swahili
- kwa maana jinsi gani
- Amharic
- እንዴትስ
- Yoruba
- nítorí báwo
- Igbo
- n’ihi otu aṅaa
- Twi
- ɛfisɛ sɛn
- Ewe
- elabena aleke
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ki-EKH
- clause
ki-EKH e-e-LEH el-a-VI ve-ha-NA-ar ei-NEN-nu it-TI
- sentence
ki-EKH e-e-LEH el-a-VI ve-ha-NA-ar ei-NEN-nu it-TI PEN er-EH va-RA a-SHER yim-TSA et-a-VI
In context — Genesis 44:34
for how can I go up to my father and the boy is not with me lest I see the disaster that will find my father
About this coordinate
Genesis 44:34:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 44:34, so the Hebrew word כִּי־אֵיךְ֙ (kiekh) 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 Gen.44.34.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.44.34.W1.S1) and character.