Judges 21:5:11Judg.21.5.W11TAB
כִּי֩
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 ha-she-vu-A ha-ge-do-LA
- clause
KI ha-she-vu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ye-TA la-a-SHER lo-A-la el-ye-ho-VAH ha-mits-PA le-mor MOT yu-MAT
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU be-NE yis-ra-EL MI a-SHER lo-A-la ba-ka-HAL mik-kol-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-VAH KI ha-she-vu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ye-TA la-a-SHER lo-A-la el-ye-ho-VAH ha-mits-PA le-mor MOT yu-MAT
Exegesis
The conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces the explanatory clause haššəḇûʿāh haggədôlāh hāyttāh {הַשְּׁבוּעָה הַגְּדוֹלָה הָיְתָה | haššəḇûʿāh haggədôlāh hāyttāh} ‘the great oath had been taken’, signaling the completed legal vow.
Root and etymology
ב־כ־י
“weeping, lamentation”
In context — Judges 21:5
And the sons of Israel said, “Who is there of all the tribes of Israel who did not go up in the assembly to the LORD ? For the great oath had been taken concerning anyone who did not go up to the LORD at Mizpah, saying, ‘He shall surely be put to death.’”
About this coordinate
Judges 21:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 21:5, so the Hebrew word כִּי֩ (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.21.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.5.W11.S1) and character.