1 Samuel 20:26:61 Sam.20.26.W6TAB
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 A-mar
- clause
KI A-mar mik-RE HU bil-TI ta-HOR HU ki-LO ta-HOR
- sentence
ve-LO-di-BER sha-UL me-u-MA ba-YOM ha-HU KI A-mar mik-RE HU bil-TI ta-HOR HU ki-LO ta-HOR
Exegesis
The conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces a causal clause led by chashav {חָשַׁב | ḥā-šav} ‘he thought,’ which governs the noun phrase davar nô-p̄ēl lo {דָּבָר נָפֵל ל֑וֹ | dā-wār nô-p̄ēl lō} ‘an event befalling him,’ with the Piel participle nô-p̄ēl indicating resultant action.
Root and etymology
’-n-kaleph–nun–kaf
“I, myself”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:26
Nevertheless Saul did not speak anything that day , for he thought, “Something has happened to him; he is unclean ; surely he is unclean.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 20:26, 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.20.26.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.26.W6.S1) and character.