2 Samuel 13:2:72 Sam.13.2.W7TAB
כִּ֥י
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
- word
KI
- phraseyour reading level
KI ve-tu-LA
- clause
va-YE-tser le-am-NON le-hit-khal-LOT ba-a-VUR ta-MAR a-KHO-to KI ve-tu-LA HI
- sentence
va-YE-tser le-am-NON le-hit-khal-LOT ba-a-VUR ta-MAR a-KHO-to KI ve-tu-LA HI va-yip-pa-LE be-e-NE am-NON la-a-SOT LAH me-u-MA
Exegesis
The conjunction kî {כִּ֥י | kî} ‘because’ introduces betulah {בְתוּלָ֖ה | bə-tū-lāh} ‘virgin’ as the motivator.
Root and etymology
b-k-h
“to weep, lament”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:2
And Amnon was distressed to the point of making himself ill because of Tamar, his sister, for she was a virgin , and it was difficult in the eyes of Amnon to do anything to her.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 13:2, so the Hebrew word כִּ֥י (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.13.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.2.W7.S1) and character.