Deuteronomy 13:3:10Deut.13.3.W10TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:4

כִּ֣י

ki

for

Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/kiː/

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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Word in context

  1. word

    KI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KI me-na-SE Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    KI me-na-SE Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem la-DA-at ha-yish-KHEM o-ha-VIM et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem be-KHOL-le-vav-KHEM u-ve-KHOL-naf-SHE-khem

  4. sentence

    LO tish-MA el-div-REI ha-na-VI ha-HU O el-kho-LEM ha-kha-LOM ha-HU KI me-na-SE Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem la-DA-at ha-yish-KHEM o-ha-VIM et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem be-KHOL-le-vav-KHEM u-ve-KHOL-naf-SHE-khem

Exegesis

The conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} introduces the causal clause in which the Piel participle mēnās-sēh {מְנַסֶּה | mēnās-sēh} ‘testing’ predicates YHWH ʾĕ-lō-hê-khem {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם | Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-khem}, framing divine evaluation.

In contextDeuteronomy 13:3

You must not give heed to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams, for the LORD your God is testing you, to learn whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 13:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Deuteronomy 13:3, so the Hebrew word כִּ֣י (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 Deut.13.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.3.W10.S1) and character.