2 Samuel 15:14:82 Sam.15.14.W8TAB
כִּ֛י
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
va-YO-mer da-VID le-KHAL-a-va-DAV a-SHER-it-TO vi-ru-sha-LA-yim KU-mu ve-niv-ra-KHA KI LO-ti-he-YE-la-NU pe-lei-TA mip-pe-NEI av-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID le-KHAL-a-va-DAV a-SHER-it-TO vi-ru-sha-LA-yim KU-mu ve-niv-ra-KHA KI LO-ti-he-YE-la-NU pe-lei-TA mip-pe-NEI av-sha-LOM ma-ha-RU la-LE-khet pen-ye-ma-HER ve-his-si-GA-nu ve-hid-DI-akh a-LEI-nu et-ha-ra-A ve-hik-KA ha-IR le-fi-KHA-rev
Exegesis
A negative prediction is formed by the clause ki lo tihyeh lanu peleitah {כִּי לֹא־תִהְיֶה־לָּנוּ פְּלֵיטָה | kî lō tiḥ-yêh lā-nū pel-lê-ṭā}, limiting the possibility of escape.
Root and etymology
b-k-hbet–kaf–he
“to weep”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:14
And David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, for there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest he hasten and overtake us and bring upon us the disaster and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 15:14, 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 Sam.15.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.14.W8.S1) and character.