Leviticus 20:26:4Lev.20.26.W4TAB

כִּ֥י

ki

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Transliteration
KI
Extended
KEE
IPA
/ˈkiː/

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 ka-DOSH

  3. clause

    vih-YEE-tem LI keh-doh-SHIM KI ka-DOSH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    vih-YEE-tem LI keh-doh-SHIM KI ka-DOSH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH va-av-DIL et-KHEM min-ha-a-MIM lih-YOT LI

Exegesis

The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a causal clause that parallels divine character in the emphatic verbless statement kadosh ani YHWH {קָד֖וֹשׁ אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה | qādôš ʾănî Yəhōwāh}.

In contextLeviticus 20:26

And you shall be holy to Me, for I, the LORD , am holy; and I have set you apart from the nations, to be Mine.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 20:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 20:26, 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 Lev.20.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.26.W4.S1) and character.