Joshua 21:10:8Josh.21.10.W8TAB

כִּ֥י

ki

for

Transliteration
ki
Extended
kee
IPA
/kiː/

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 la-HEM

  3. clause

    ki la-HEM ha-YA hag-go-RAL ri-sho-NA

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI li-vne a-ha-RON mi-mish-pe-KHOTE hak-ke-ha-TI mi-vne le-VI ki la-HEM ha-YA hag-go-RAL ri-sho-NA

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’ introduces a causal clause.

In contextJoshua 21:10

And the sons of Aaron from the families of the Kohathite from the sons of Levi had the first lot , because it was theirs.

About this coordinate

Joshua 21:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 21:10, so the Hebrew word כִּ֥י (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.21.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.10.W8.S1) and character.