Judges 14:10:8Judg.14.10.W8TAB
כִּ֛י
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
- clause
va-ya-AS SHAM shim-SHON mish-TE KI KEN ya-a-SU ha-ba-khu-RIM
- sentence
va-YE-red a-vi-HU el-ha-i-SHA va-ya-AS SHAM shim-SHON mish-TE KI KEN ya-a-SU ha-ba-khu-RIM
Exegesis
The causal conjunction kî kên {כִּי כֵּן | kî kên} 'for thus' leads into the imperfect yaʿăśû {יַעֲשׂוּ | yaʿăśû} 'they do', with hab-baḥûrîm {הַבַּחוּרִים | hab-baḥûrîm} 'the young men' as subject. Hebrew syntax places explanatory clauses at clause end, while English relocates them to maintain natural subject-verb-object order and preserve causal nuance.
In context — Judges 14:10
So his father went down to the woman, and Samson held a feast there, for this was customary among the bachurim .
About this coordinate
Judges 14:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 14:10, so the Hebrew word כִּ֛י (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 Judg.14.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.10.W8.S1) and character.