Joshua 20:5:9Josh.20.5.W9TAB
כִּ֤י
ki
“because”
- Transliteration
- KI
- Extended
- KEE
- IPA
- /kiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- because
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 biv-LI-DA-at
- clause
KI biv-LI-DA-at hi-KA et-re-E-hu ve-LO-so-NE HU LO mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM
- sentence
ve-KHI yir-DOF go-EL ha-DAM a-kha-RAV ve-LO-yas-GI-ru et-ha-ro-TSE-akh be-ya-DO KI biv-LI-DA-at hi-KA et-re-E-hu ve-LO-so-NE HU LO mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM
Exegesis
The causal clause ki bivli-da’at {כִּ֤י בִּבְלִי־דַ֙עַת | kî bi·blî·da·ʿat} ‘because without knowledge’ marks lack of intent, while velo sone {וְלֹֽא־שֹׂנֵ֥א | wə·lō’ sō·nêʾ} ‘and had not hated’ with hu {ה֛וּא | hû’} underscores no prior malice.
In context — Joshua 20:5
If the avenger of blood pursues him, the elders must not hand over the slayer into his hands, because he struck his neighbor without knowledge and had not hated him previously.
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 20:5, 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 Josh.20.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.5.W9.S1) and character.