1 Samuel 17:47:91 Sam.17.47.W9TAB
כִּ֤י
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 la-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KI la-ye-ho-VAH ha-mil-kha-MA ve-na-TAN et-KHEM be-ya-DE-nu
- sentence
ve-ye-DE-u kol-ha-ka-HAL ha-ZEH ki-LO be-KHE-rev u-va-kha-NIT ye-ho-SHI-a ye-ho-VAH KI la-ye-ho-VAH ha-mil-kha-MA ve-na-TAN et-KHEM be-ya-DE-nu
Exegesis
The negation kilo {כִּֽי־לֹ֛א | kî-lō} with the instrumental phrases becherev uvachanith {בְּחֶ֥רֶב וּבַחֲנִ֖ית | bə-ḥe-rêv ū-va-ḥa-nîṯ} ‘by sword and by spear’ systematically rejects human means.
Root and etymology
כ־י־ד
“javelin”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:47
And all this company will know that the LORD does not save by sword or by spear; for the battle belongs to the LORD and He will hand you over into our hand.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:47:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Samuel 17:47, so the Hebrew word כִּ֤י (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.17.47.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.47.W9.S1) and character.