Exodus 14:5:4Exod.14.5.W4TAB

כִּ֥י

ki

that

Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/ˈkiː/

Meaning by language

English
that

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 va-RAKH

  3. clause

    va-yu-GAD le-ME-lekh mits-RA-yim KI va-RAKH ha-AM

  4. sentence

    va-yu-GAD le-ME-lekh mits-RA-yim KI va-RAKH ha-AM va-ye-ha-FEKH le-VAV par-OH va-a-va-DAV el-ha-AM va-yom-RU mah-ZOT a-SI-nu ki-shil-LAKH-noo et-yis-ra-EL me-ov-DE-nu

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘that’ marks the content clause barach {בָּרַח | bâ-raḥ} ‘had fled’ with haam {הָעָם | hā-ʿâm} ‘the people’ as subject.

Root and etymology

נ־ב־ךnun-bet-khaph

to be confused, perplexed

In contextExodus 14:5

And it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, and the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, “What is this we have done, that we have sent Israel away from serving us?”

About this coordinate

Exodus 14:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 14:5, 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 Exod.14.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.5.W4.S1) and character.