Job 21:28:1Job.21.28.W1TAB
כִּ֤י
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
- phraseyour reading level
KI to-ME-ru
- clause
KI to-ME-ru a-YE BET-na-DIV
- sentence
KI to-ME-ru a-YE BET-na-DIV ve-a-YE O-hel mish-ke-NOT re-sha-IM
Exegesis
The clause opens with ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’, marking an explanatory link to the surrounding argument and introducing the interlocutors’ quoted line.
Root and etymology
y-d-dyod–dalet–dalet
“hand; blow”
In context — Job 21:28
For you say, “Where is the house of the nobleman? And where is the tent, the dwellings of the wicked?”
About this coordinate
Job 21:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 21:28, 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.21.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.28.W1.S1) and character.