2 Chronicles 25:4:182 Chr.25.4.W18TAB
כִּ֛י
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
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KI
- clause
KI kha-ka-TUV ba-to-RA be-SE-fer mo-SHE a-SHER-tsi-VA ye-ho-VAH le-MOR lo-ya-MU-tu a-VOT al-ba-NIM u-va-NIM lo-ya-MU-tu al-a-VOT KI ISH be-khe-TO ya-MU-tu
- sentence
ve-ET-be-ne-HEM LO he-MIT KI kha-ka-TUV ba-to-RA be-SE-fer mo-SHE a-SHER-tsi-VA ye-ho-VAH le-MOR lo-ya-MU-tu a-VOT al-ba-NIM u-va-NIM lo-ya-MU-tu al-a-VOT KI ISH be-khe-TO ya-MU-tu
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for, because’ introduces a legal citation marked by kakatub {כַכָּתוּב | ka-ḵā-tūḇ} ‘as it is written’ and locative phrases batorah {בַּתּוֹרָה | ba-ṯō-rāh} ‘in the Law’ and be-sefer {بְּסֵפֶר | bə-sē-pher} ‘in the book’, specifying the source.
The injunction employs distributive parallelism in lo-yamutu avot al-banim ū-bā-nīm lo-yamutu al-avot {לֹא־יָמוּתוּ אָבוֹת עַל־בָּנִים וּבָנִים לֹא־יָמוּתוּ עַל־אָבוֹת} ‘fathers shall not die for sons and sons shall not die for fathers’, emphasizing reciprocal justice, and the concluding clause ki ish be-chet’o yamut{u} {כִּי אִישׁ בְּחֶטְאוֹ יָמוּתוּ | kî ʾîš bə-ḥê-ṭō yā-mū-tū} ‘for each one shall die for his own sin’ underscores individual responsibility. The translation preserves the Hebrew word order for legal formality and the parallel structure for theological emphasis.
Root and etymology
possible root l-k-shlamed–kaph–shin
“to go in retreat, take refuge”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:4
Yet he refrained from putting their sons to death, because it is written in the Law in the Book of Moses that the LORD commanded: “Fathers shall not die for their children, and children shall not die for their fathers; each one shall die for his own sin .”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:4:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Chronicles 25:4, so the Hebrew word כִּ֛י (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.25.4.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.4.W18.S1) and character.