2 Samuel 22:30:12 Sam.22.30.W1TAB

כִּ֥י

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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    KI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KI ve-KHA

  3. clause

    KI ve-KHA a-RUTS ge-DUD

  4. sentence

    KI ve-KHA a-RUTS ge-DUD be-e-lo-HAI a-dal-LEG-SHUR

Exegesis

The verse begins with the conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’, introducing a causal clause.

Root and etymology

ch-sh-kchet–shin–kaf

darkness, obscurity

In context2 Samuel 22:30

For by You I run at a troop, and by my God I leap over a wall .

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 22:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 22:30, 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.22.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.30.W1.S1) and character.