1 Samuel 22:8:11 Sam.22.8.W1TAB

כִּי֩

ki

that

Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/ˈkiː/

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. phraseyour reading level

    KI ke-shar-TEM kul-le-KHEM

  3. clause

    KI ke-shar-TEM kul-le-KHEM a-LAI ve-EN-GO-le et-OZ-ni bik-RAT-be-NI im-BEN-yi-SHAI ve-EN-KHO-le mik-KHEM a-LAI ve-GO-le et-OZ-ni

  4. sentence

    KI ke-shar-TEM kul-le-KHEM a-LAI ve-EN-GO-le et-OZ-ni bik-RAT-be-NI im-BEN-yi-SHAI ve-EN-KHO-le mik-KHEM a-LAI ve-GO-le et-OZ-ni KI he-KIM be-NI et-av-DI a-LAI le-o-REV ka-YOM ha-ZE

Exegesis

The verse opens with the conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because,’ framing an explanatory clause.

In context1 Samuel 22:8

Because you have conspired against me, and no one reveals to my ear that my son has made a covenant with the son of Jesse, and none of you cares for me or alerts me that my son has set my servant against me to lie in wait today.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 22:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 22:8, so the Hebrew word כִּי֩ (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.22.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.8.W1.S1) and character.