Leviticus 13:16:2Lev.13.16.W2TAB

כִ֥י

ki

if

Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/kiː/

Meaning by language

English
if

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

    OH KI ya-SHUV

  3. clause

    OH KI ya-SHUV ha-ba-SAR ha-KHAI ve-neh-PAKH le-la-VAN

  4. sentence

    OH KI ya-SHUV ha-ba-SAR ha-KHAI ve-neh-PAKH le-la-VAN u-VA el-ha-KO-hen

Exegesis

The verse opens with the disjunctive conjunction o {א֣וֹ | ʾô} ‘or’, establishing an alternative condition, followed by the conditional particle ki {כִ֥י | kî} ‘if/when’, which introduces the protasis marked by the Qal imperfect yashuv {יָשׁ֛וּב | yā-šûv} ‘returns’.

In contextLeviticus 13:16

Or if the living flesh turns back and becomes white, then he shall come to the priest .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 13:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 13:16, so the Hebrew word כִ֥י (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 Lev.13.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.16.W2.S1) and character.