Genesis 49:7:6Gen.49.7.W6TAB
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
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KI ka-SHA-ta
- clause
a-RUR ap-PAM KI AZ ve-ev-ra-TAM KI ka-SHA-ta
- sentence
a-RUR ap-PAM KI AZ ve-ev-ra-TAM KI ka-SHA-ta a-khal-le-KEM be-ya-a-KOV va-a-fi-TSEM be-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The particle ki {כִּי | kî} introduces causal clauses twice, creating a parallel explanation: the anger is described as az {עָז | ʿāz} ‘fierce’, and the wrath, veevratam {וְעֶבְרָתָם | wə-ʿeḇ-rā-tām}, is characterized by the predicate verb kashatah {קָשָׁתָה | qā-šā-ṯāh} ‘it was cruel’. This parallelism links “anger” and “wrath” as a pair whose intensity and hardness justify the curse.
In context — Genesis 49:7
Cursed is their anger because it is fierce , and their wrath because it is cruel . I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
About this coordinate
Genesis 49:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 49:7, 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 Gen.49.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.49.7.W6.S1) and character.