1 Samuel 14:30:21 Sam.14.30.W2TAB

כִּ֡י

ki

that

Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/kiː/

Meaning by language

English
that

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

    AF KI LU a-KHOL a-KHAL ha-YOM ha-AM mish-le-LAL o-ye-VAV a-SHER ma-TSA

  3. sentence

    AF KI LU a-KHOL a-KHAL ha-YOM ha-AM mish-le-LAL o-ye-VAV a-SHER ma-TSA KI a-TA lo-RA-ve-ta ma-KA ba-pe-lish-TIM

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a justification clause, and the particle lu {לוּא | lûʾ} marks an unattainable wish.

Root and etymology

b-k-rbet–kaph–resh

firstborn

In context1 Samuel 14:30

Indeed, if only the people had eaten today from the plunder of their enemies that they had found, then the slaughter of the Philistines would not have been so small and would have been much greater.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 14:30:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 14:30, so the Hebrew word כִּ֡י (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 Sam.14.30.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.30.W2.S1) and character.