Deuteronomy 20:19:19Deut.20.19.W19TAB
כִּ֤י
kee
“for”
- Transliteration
- kee
- Extended
- kee
- IPA
- /kiː/
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
kee
- phraseyour reading level
kee ha-a-DAM
- clause
kee ha-a-DAM EITS ha-sa-DEH la-VO mi-pa-NE-kha ba-ma-TZOR
- sentence
kee-ta-TSUR el-EER ya-MIM ra-BIM le-hil-la-KHEM a-le-HA le-taf-SA lo-tash-KHIT et-ei-TSAH lin-DO-akh a-LAV gar-ZEN kee mi-me-NU to-KHEL ve-o-TO LO tikh-ROT kee ha-a-DAM EITS ha-sa-DEH la-VO mi-pa-NE-kha ba-ma-TZOR
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conditional conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} introducing a protasis.
In context — Deuteronomy 20:19
When you lay siege to a city for many days, fighting against it to capture it, you shall not ruin its tree by swinging an axe against it, because you may eat from it. You shall not cut it down, for is a tree of the field a person to come before you in the siege?
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:19:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Deuteronomy 20:19, so the Hebrew word כִּ֤י (kee) 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.20.19.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.19.W19.S1) and character.