2 Chronicles 23:6:32 Chr.23.6.W3TAB
כִּ֤י
ki
“for”
- Transliteration
- KI
- Extended
- KIH
- IPA
- /ˈki/
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 im-ha-ko-ha-NIM
- clause
ve-AL-ya-VO VET-ye-ho-VAH KI im-ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-ha-me-sha-re-TIM la-le-vi-YIM HE-ma ya-VO-u ki-KO-desh HE-ma
- sentence
ve-AL-ya-VO VET-ye-ho-VAH KI im-ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-ha-me-sha-re-TIM la-le-vi-YIM HE-ma ya-VO-u ki-KO-desh HE-ma ve-KHOL-ha-AM yish-me-RU mish-ME-ret ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The phrase ki-im-ha-kohanim {כִּ֤י אִם־הַכֹּהֲנִים | kî-ʾim-ha-kō-ḥǎ-nîm} ‘except the priests,’ with ve-hamshartim {וְהַמְשָׁרְתִים | wə-ham-šā-rə-tîm} ‘and the ministers’ and la-leviyim {לַלְוִיִּם | la-le-vî-yim} ‘to the Levites,’ specifies the exclusive group authorized to enter.
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:6
Let no one enter the house of the LORD except the priests and the ministers of the Levites; they alone may enter because they are holy . Yet all the people must keep the charge of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 23:6, 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 2 Chr.23.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.6.W3.S1) and character.