2 Samuel 22:32:12 Sam.22.32.W1TAB
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 MI-EL
- clause
KI MI-EL mi-bal-a-DE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
KI MI-EL mi-bal-a-DE ye-ho-VAH u-MI TSUR mi-bal-a-DE e-lo-HE-nu
Exegesis
The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a causal emphasis leading into a rhetorical question with mi {מִי | mî} ‘who’.
Root and etymology
ch-sh-kchet–shin–kaf
“darkness, obscurity”
In context — 2 Samuel 22:32
For who is God except the LORD ? And who is a rock except our God ?
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 22:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 22:32, 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.22.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.22.32.W1.S1) and character.