2 Samuel 14:16:12 Sam.14.16.W1TAB
כִּ֚י
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
- clause
KI yish-MA ham-ME-lekh le-ha-TSIL et-a-ma-TO mik-KAF ha-ISH
- sentence
KI yish-MA ham-ME-lekh le-ha-TSIL et-a-ma-TO mik-KAF ha-ISH le-hash-MID o-TI ve-et-be-NI YA-khad min-na-kha-LAT e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’, presenting the rationale.
In context — 2 Samuel 14:16
For the king will hear to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy both me and my son together from the inheritance of God .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 14:16, so the Hebrew word כִּ֚י (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.14.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.16.W1.S1) and character.