Isaiah 18:4:1Isa.18.4.W1TAB

כִּי֩

ki

for

Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/ˈkiː/

Meaning by language

English
for

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 KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    KI KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI e-sho-KO-ta e-she-ko-TA ve-a-bi-TA vim-kho-NI

  4. sentence

    KI KHO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI e-sho-KO-ta e-she-ko-TA ve-a-bi-TA vim-kho-NI ke-KHOM TSAKH a-LE-OR ke-AV TAL be-KHOM ka-TSIR

Exegesis

The verse begins with the causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’, introducing the divine oracle marked by the formula koh amar {כֹה אָמַר | kôh ‘thus said’}.

In contextIsaiah 18:4

For thus the LORD said to me, “I will be quiet and I will observe from My dwelling place, like clear heat upon the light, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

About this coordinate

Isaiah 18:4:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 18:4, so the Hebrew word כִּי֩ (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 Isa.18.4.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.4.W1.S1) and character.