Job 15:5:1Job.15.5.W1TAB

כִּ֤י

ki

for or because

Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/kiː/

Meaning by language

English
for or because

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. clause

    KI ye-al-LEF a-VO-ne-kha FI-kha

  3. sentence

    KI ye-al-LEF a-VO-ne-kha FI-kha ve-tiv-KHAR le-SHON a-ru-MIM

Exegesis

The verse opens with ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’, marking a causal explanation that supports the preceding accusation.

In contextJob 15:5

For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty .

About this coordinate

Job 15:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 15:5, so the Hebrew word כִּ֤י (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 Job.15.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.5.W1.S1) and character.