Job 21:15:4Job.21.15.W4TAB

כִּ֣י

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 nif-GA-vo

  3. clause

    u-ma-NO-il KI nif-GA-vo

  4. sentence

    ma-SHA-dai ki-na-a-ve-DE-nu u-ma-NO-il KI nif-GA-vo

Exegesis

The verse unfolds as two parallel rhetorical questions led by the interrogative mah {מַה | mǎh} ‘what’, each introduced by the conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} ‘that, because’.

Root and etymology

y-d-dyod–dalet–dalet

hand; blow

In contextJob 21:15

What is the Almighty that we should serve Him? And what benefit do we have that we should entreat Him?

About this coordinate

Job 21:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 21:15, 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 Job.21.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.15.W4.S1) and character.