2 Samuel 13:18:42 Sam.13.18.W4TAB

כִּי֩

ki

for

Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/ˈkiː/

Meaning by language

English
for

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 KEN til-BASH-na ve-NOT-ha-ME-lekh

  3. clause

    ve-a-LE-ha ke-TO-net pa-SIM KI KEN til-BASH-na ve-NOT-ha-ME-lekh hab-be-tu-LOT me-I-lim

  4. sentence

    ve-a-LE-ha ke-TO-net pa-SIM KI KEN til-BASH-na ve-NOT-ha-ME-lekh hab-be-tu-LOT me-I-lim va-yo-TSE o-TA me-sha-re-TO ha-KHUTS ve-na-AL had-DE-let a-kha-re-HA

Exegesis

The causal clause ki ken tilbashna {כִּי֩ כֵ֨ן תִּלְבַּ֧שְׁנָה | kî kên til-baš-nā} “for thus they would wear” indicates customary practice by the daughters of the king.

Root and etymology

b-k-h

to weep, lament

In context2 Samuel 13:18

She wore a long, ornamented robe, for thus the virgin daughters of the king were accustomed to wear such robes. Then his servant brought her outside and bolted the door behind her.

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 13:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 13:18, 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 2 Sam.13.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.18.W4.S1) and character.