Job 21:28:1Job.21.28.W1TAB

כִּ֤י

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 to-ME-ru

  3. clause

    KI to-ME-ru a-YE BET-na-DIV

  4. 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 contextJob 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.