Exodus 18:3:8Exod.18.3.W8TAB
כִּ֣י
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
- phraseyour reading level
KI a-MAR
- clause
a-SHER SHEM ha-e-KHAD ger-SHOM KI a-MAR GER ha-YI-ti be-E-rets na-khri-YA
- sentence
ve-ET she-NEI va-NE-ha a-SHER SHEM ha-e-KHAD ger-SHOM KI a-MAR GER ha-YI-ti be-E-rets na-khri-YA
Exegesis
The causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’ introduces embedded speech in the perfect verb phrase ʾāmar gēr hayīti {אָמַר גֵּר הָיִיתִי | ʾā-mar gēr hā-yî-tî} ‘he said, “I have been a sojourner”’.
In context — Exodus 18:3
And her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom, for he said, “I have been a sojourner in a foreign land .”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 18:3, so the Hebrew word כִּ֣י (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.18.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.3.W8.S1) and character.