Deuteronomy 18:14:1Deut.18.14.W1TAB

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 ha-go-YIM ha-E-le

  3. clause

    KI ha-go-YIM ha-E-le a-SHER a-TA yo-RESH o-TAM el-me-o-ne-NIM ve-el-kos-MIM yish-MA-U

  4. sentence

    KI ha-go-YIM ha-E-le a-SHER a-TA yo-RESH o-TAM el-me-o-ne-NIM ve-el-kos-MIM yish-MA-U ve-a-TA LO KEN na-TAN le-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha

Exegesis

The conjunction kee {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’ introduces an explanatory clause linking this injunction to its context.

In contextDeuteronomy 18:14

For these nations, which you will dispossess, listen to soothsayers and to diviners, but as for you, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 18:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 18:14, 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.18.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.14.W1.S1) and character.