2 Kings 15:16:72 Kgs.15.16.W7TAB
כִּ֛י
ki
“because”
- Transliteration
- KI
- Extended
- KEE
- IPA
- /ˈkiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- because
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
- clause
AZ yak-KE-me-na-KHEM et-tif-SAKH ve-et-kal-a-SHER-BA ve-et-ge-vu-LE-ha mi-tir-TSA KI LO pa-TAKH va-YAKH
- sentence
AZ yak-KE-me-na-KHEM et-tif-SAKH ve-et-kal-a-SHER-BA ve-et-ge-vu-LE-ha mi-tir-TSA KI LO pa-TAKH va-YAKH ET kal-he-he-ra-TE-ha bik-KE-a
Exegesis
The causal kî {כִּי | kî} introduces the refusal clause with lōʾ pāṭaḥ {לֹא פָתַח | lōʾ pā-ṭaḥ} ‘did not open.’
In context — 2 Kings 15:16
Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and everyone in it, along with its territory from Tirzah, because it refused to open , and he struck all its pregnant women , ripping them open.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 15:16, 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 Kgs.15.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.16.W7.S1) and character.