1 Samuel 17:36:121 Sam.17.36.W12TAB
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
- phraseyour reading level
KI KHE-ref
- clause
ve-ha-YA ha-pe-lish-TI he-a-REL ha-ZE ke-a-KHAD me-HEM KI KHE-ref ma-ar-KHOT e-lo-HIM kha-YIM
- sentence
GAM et-ha-a-RI gam-ha-DOV hi-KA av-DE-kha ve-ha-YA ha-pe-lish-TI he-a-REL ha-ZE ke-a-KHAD me-HEM KI KHE-ref ma-ar-KHOT e-lo-HIM kha-YIM
Exegesis
The conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} introduces a causal clause with the Piel verb ḥērēp̄ {חֵרֵף | ḥērēp̄} ‘has taunted.’
Root and etymology
כ־י־ד
“javelin”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:36
Your servant struck both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has taunted the battle-lines of the living God .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:36:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 17:36, 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 Sam.17.36.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.36.W12.S1) and character.