Exodus 16:15:8Exod.16.15.W8TAB
כִּ֛י
ki
“for”
- Transliteration
- KI
- Extended
- KEE
- IPA
- /ˈkiː/
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
KI
- clause
va-yir-U ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL va-yom-RU ISH el-a-KHIV MAN HU KI LO yad-U mah-HU
- sentence
va-yir-U ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL va-yom-RU ISH el-a-KHIV MAN HU KI LO yad-U mah-HU va-YO-mer mo-SHE a-le-HEM HU ha-LE-khem a-SHER na-TAN Ye-ho-VAH la-KHEM le-okh-LA
Exegesis
The causal clause ki lo yad'u mah-hu {כִּי לֹא יָדְעוּ מַה־ה֑וּא | kî lōʾ yā-ḏə-ʿû mah-hûʾ} explains their lack of knowledge.
Root and etymology
k-w-nkaf–vav–nun
“to establish, prepare”
In context — Exodus 16:15
When the sons of Israel saw it, they said each man to his brother, "What is it?" because they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat ."
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 16:15, so the Hebrew word כִּ֛י (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.16.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.15.W8.S1) and character.