Exodus 14:13:12Exod.14.13.W12TAB

כִּ֗י

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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Word in context

  1. word

    KI

  2. clause

    KI a-SHER re-i-TEM et-mits-RA-yim ha-YOM LO to-si-FU li-re-o-TAM OD ad-o-LAM

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer mo-SHEH el-ha-AM al-ti-ra-U hit-ya-tse-VU u-re-U et-ye-shu-AT Ye-ho-VAH a-sher-ya-a-SEH la-KHEM ha-YOM KI a-SHER re-i-TEM et-mits-RA-yim ha-YOM LO to-si-FU li-re-o-TAM OD ad-o-LAM

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּ֗י | kî} introduces a causal clause returning to another relative asher + re’item {אֲשֶׁר־רְאִיתֶם | ʾăšer rəʾîṯem} “which you have seen,” with mitsrayim {מִצְרַיִם֙ | Miṣrāyim} and anaphoric hayyom {הַיּ֔וֹם | hayyôm} reinforcing the temporal focus.

Root and etymology

נ־ב־ךnun-bet-khaph

to be confused, perplexed

In contextExodus 14:13

And Moses said to the people, “Do not fear. Stand firm and see the salvation of the LORD which He will work for you today . For the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again, forever.”

About this coordinate

Exodus 14:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 14:13, so the Hebrew word כִּ֗י (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 Exod.14.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.13.W12.S1) and character.