1 Kings 18:27:111 Kgs.18.27.W11TAB
כִּ֣י
ki
“for”
- Transliteration
- KI
- Extended
- KEE
- IPA
- /ˈkiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
KI
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KI SI-akh ve-khi-SIG
- clause
va-ye-HI va-tso-ho-ra-YIM va-ye-hat-TEL BA-hem e-li-YA-hu va-yo-MER kir-E-u be-KOL-ga-DOL ki-e-lo-HIM HU KI SI-akh ve-khi-SIG LO ve-khi-DE-rekh LO
- sentence
va-ye-HI va-tso-ho-ra-YIM va-ye-hat-TEL BA-hem e-li-YA-hu va-yo-MER kir-E-u be-KOL-ga-DOL ki-e-lo-HIM HU KI SI-akh ve-khi-SIG LO ve-khi-DE-rekh LO u-LAI ya-SHEN HU ve-yi-KATS
Exegesis
A series of ki-clauses (ki-elohim {כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִים | kî-ʾĕlōhîm}, ki {כִּ֣י | kî} before each alternative) presents sarcastic possibilities regarding the deity’s actions.
In context — 1 Kings 18:27
And it was at noon, and Elijah mocked them and said, “Call with a loud voice, for he is a god . For he is meditating , or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and will awaken.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:27:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 18:27, so the Hebrew word כִּ֣י (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 Kgs.18.27.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.27.W11.S1) and character.