Genesis 20:10:6Gen.20.10.W6TAB

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 a-SI-ta

  3. clause

    MA ra-I-ta KI a-SI-ta et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh el-av-ra-HAM MA ra-I-ta KI a-SI-ta et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘that/because’ links motive to resultant action, with the perfect asita {עָשִׂיתָ | ʿā-ʂî-tā} ‘you did’.

In contextGenesis 20:10

And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see , that you did this thing ?”

About this coordinate

Genesis 20:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 20:10, 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 Gen.20.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.10.W6.S1) and character.