1 Kings 20:6:11 Kgs.20.6.W1TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
KI
- phraseyour reading level
KI im-ka-ET ma-KHAR
- clause
KI im-ka-ET ma-KHAR e-she-LAKH et-a-va-DAI e-LE-kha ve-khip-pe-SU et-BET-kha ve-ET ba-TE a-va-DE-kha
- sentence
KI im-ka-ET ma-KHAR e-she-LAKH et-a-va-DAI e-LE-kha ve-khip-pe-SU et-BET-kha ve-ET ba-TE a-va-DE-kha ve-ha-YA kol-makh-MAD e-NE-kha ya-SI-mu be-ya-DAM ve-la-KHU
Exegesis
The verse opens with ki {כִּי | kî} ‘nevertheless’, marking adversative escalation rather than condition.
In context — 1 Kings 20:6
Nevertheless, about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants. And everything precious in your eyes they will place in their hand and carry it away.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 20:6, 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.20.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.6.W1.S1) and character.