2 Kings 17:40:32 Kgs.17.40.W3TAB
כִּ֛י
ki
“but or rather”
- Transliteration
- KI
- Extended
- KEE
- IPA
- /ˈkiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but or rather
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
KI im-ke-mish-pa-TAM ha-ri-SHON HEM O-sim
- sentence
ve-LO sha-ME-u KI im-ke-mish-pa-TAM ha-ri-SHON HEM O-sim
Exegesis
The contrastive conjunction ki im {כִּי אִם | kî ʾim} introduces the construct chain ke-mishpatam {כְּמִשְׁפָּטָם | kə-miš-pā-ṭām} ‘according to their custom’ with harishon {הָרִאשׁוֹן | hā-rîʾšôn} ‘the former’, linking action to a prior pattern.
In context — 2 Kings 17:40
But they did not heed ; instead, they continued in their custom .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:40:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 17:40, 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.17.40.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.40.W3.S1) and character.