Exodus 16:8:22Exod.16.8.W22TAB
כִּ֥י
ki
“but”
- Transliteration
- KI
- Extended
- KEE
- IPA
- /kiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
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
- phraseyour reading level
KI al-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-NAKH-noo MAH lo-a-LEI-noo te-loo-no-te-KHEM KI al-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YO-mer MO-sheh be-TET Ye-ho-VAH la-KHEM ba-E-rev ba-SAR le-eh-KHOL ve-LE-khem ba-BO-ker lis-BO-a bish-MO-a Ye-ho-VAH et-te-loo-no-te-KHEM a-sher-a-TEM mal-li-NIM a-LAV ve-NAKH-noo MAH lo-a-LEI-noo te-loo-no-te-KHEM KI al-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The Piel participle mallinim {מַלִּינִים | mal-lî-nim} ‘complaining’ conveys ongoing murmuring, and the conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ links provision to divine hearing. The rhetorical question “who are we?” contrasts human intermediaries with the sovereign LORD. English renders infinitive constructs as temporal and result clauses, preserving ki’s causal and adversative senses in “because” and “but.”
Root and etymology
k-w-nkaf–vav–nun
“to establish, prepare”
In context — Exodus 16:8
Moses said, “When the LORD gives you meat in the evening to eat and bread in the morning to satisfy you, because the LORD hears your complaints that you raise against Him, what are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the LORD.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:8:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of Exodus 16:8, 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.16.8.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.8.W22.S1) and character.