1 Chronicles 15:2:81 Chr.15.2.W8TAB

כִּ֖י

ki

for

Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/ˈkiː/

Meaning by language

English
for

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    KI

  2. clause

    AZ a-MAR da-VID LO la-SET et-a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM KI im-ha-le-vi-YIM

  3. sentence

    AZ a-MAR da-VID LO la-SET et-a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM KI im-ha-le-vi-YIM ki-VAM ba-KHAR Ye-ho-VAH la-SET et-a-RON Ye-ho-VAH u-le-shar-TO ad-o-LAM

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ signals divine rationale, with bam {בָּם | bām} ‘in them’ and bachar {בָּחַר | bāḥar} ‘he chose’ highlighting election.

Root and etymology

כ־ו־ן

to prepare, establish

In context1 Chronicles 15:2

Then David said, “The ark of God must not be carried by anyone except the Levites, because the LORD chose them to carry the ark of the LORD and to serve Him forever.”

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 15:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 15:2, so the Hebrew word כִּ֖י (ki) 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 1 Chr.15.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.2.W8.S1) and character.